Peer into future after car ban -- it isn't pretty

A longtime friend came up at a party last week, asking what it would take to get me on board the campaign that seeks to tear down the Alaskan Way Viaduct, and not replace it.

Chicago 10th-graders trace ancestry through DNA

"Sixteen-year-old Diamond Howard is learning about world history, anthropology, sociology and biology using a one-of-a-kind tool: her own DNA."

Hearst Museum to open "Land of the Rajas" exhibit

One dramatic display will feature a 30-foot painted scroll depicting the epic of Pabuji, a semi-divine folk hero. Traditionally, the Pabuji tale is recounted in a 36-hour performance by professional storytellers,...

County seeks national media coverage of gate closure

The national media soon will receive information from the Park County commissioners concerning Yellowstone Park winter use.

Prof helps prep famous fossil Lucy for trip to U.S.

Vicki Cassman, assistant professor and director of undergraduate studies in UD's art conservation department, has been selected to join conservators Nancy Odegaard and Ronald Harvey in Ethiopia to document and...

40,000-year-old skull shows both modern human and Neandertal traits, anthropo...

Humans continued to evolve significantly long after they were established in Europe, and interbred with Neandertals as they settled across the continent, according to new research published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) USA.

Fernbank Museum of Natural History Opens New Permanent Exhibition

Reflections of Culture draws from Fernbank’s permanent collections, including the Dorothy M. McClatchey Collection. The artifacts in the exhibition showcase the fascinating similarities ...

Radar investigates: The Ethnicist

Radar's resident race expert answers the questions you're too afraid to ask. First up, blacks and menthols

Ice storm lashes much of U.S.; 19 dead

"The ice storms that have been blamed for at least 19 deaths continued to lash much of the nation Sunday, as crews tried to restore power to hundreds of thousands and slick roads spawned accidents."

Charities Try to Keep Up With the Gateses

"For most of the last century, three names — Carnegie, Ford and Rockefeller — have defined the world of foundation philanthropy, but that is changing, and fast."

Several boys die copying Saddam hanging

"Officials and relatives say the children appeared to be mimicking the former dictator's Dec. 30 hanging, shown both on a sanitized Iraqi government tape and explicit clandestine videos that popped up on Web sites...

Guangzhou hits a development milestone, fleetingly and uneasily

Guangzhou is a chaotic export capital in southern China that for years has been a magnet for migrant workers like Lin Mu. He arrived three years ago and began working as a motorcycle taxi driver, ferrying people...

Man rides stationary bike for 85 hours

The 49-year-old Aurora resident began riding a stationary bike at the Five Seasons Sports Club in Burr Ridge at 4 a.m. Wednesday and surpassed the previous record of 82 hours by 8:28 p.m. Saturday. He stopped...

Heartbroken dad of terror suspect dies

A spokeswoman for the Department of Foreign Affairs said yesterday that consular officials had had their latest contact with Warya Kanie by phone on Thursday, when they let him know about the death of his father

Town in shock over murder of war veteran

He was last seen on Friday. Police searched the adjacent parkland for a possible murder weapon and other clues but by last night had found nothing.
 

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