Science & Nature
95 years ago, a primitive submarine was raised from the bottom of the Chicago River. We explore this little-known Chicago mystery.
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We find out how an old abandoned Chicago industrial field is being transformed into the nation's largest urban solar power plant.
Could this be the future of news? We show you how Northwestern researchers have programmed computers to do the work of writers and reporters.
The tallest building on the planet opens in Dubai on Monday. We talk with the local engineer who helped build this desert tower.
Burj Dubai
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
We talk to the Chicago doctor who made history when he rode the shuttle Atlantis.
Dr. Robert Satcher's Twitter
Groundbreaking transplants were performed today at Children's Memorial Hospital. Rich Samuels joins us with more details.
A wind turbine in your backyard? We show you how some residents are generating -- and running on -- wind power.
We meet a Chicagoan who is making major breakthroughs in breast cancer research focused on minorities.
Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool
Funmi Olopade
The search for Asian carp continues even closer to Lake Michigan than last week as Illinois braces itself for a lawsuit from Michigan. Rich Samuels has the latest on the carp hunt. Then, Carol Marin and her guest look for a solution that will save the Great Lakes from this and other invasive species.
Ali Emadi's name is not well known outside of academic research circles, but he's one of the driving forces behind the greener cars of the future. We go inside Emadi's lab at IIT to see how the Chicago Matters visionary is pioneering the vehicles you could someday be driving.
New DNA evidence suggests the dreaded Asian carp are only a hop, skip and jump away from Lake Michigan. Rich Samuels tells us what state and federal authorities are doing about it.
New guidelines about mammograms from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force seem to contradict everything women have been told about breast cancer screening and mammography. Carol Marin and her panel take a closer look.
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Screening for Breast Cancer
We talk to the CEO of U.S. Cellular about changes to the wireless industry and his Chicago-based company.
Space enthusiasts have had plenty to cheer about lately, from the discovery of significant amounts of water on the moon, to another shuttle mission today, to a magnificent meteor shower this evening. We talk to an astronomer about all the exciting developments.
Adler Planetarium
We take a look at some new ideas in technology and design that are making it easier for older people to live in their homes longer.
A simple blood test can determine a disease that often goes undiagnosed. We speak with experts from the nation's first celiac disease center, based here in Chicago.
The University of Chicago Celiac Disease Center