Can You Turn a Mouse into a Mammoth?
Imagine a world where once-extinct species roam the Earth again. That sounds a lot like something from Jurassic Park, right? Thanks to a groundbreaking achievement by biologists in Texas, the woolly...
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May the Memories Be with You: Professor’s Documentary Explores Impact of Star Wars Experience
For Star Wars fans around the globe, launching into space, building your own lightsaber, enjoying a meal at the cantina, and racing droids once seemed like a far-off fantasy only attainable in a...
Blue Bee Baffles Biologists
When you think of a bee, what do you picture? If the image in your mind was of a blue insect doing handstands, you may be envisioning the world’s newest species of bee: Andrena androfovea. After...
A Quantum Leap in Dark Matter Detection
In the field of physics, scientists have long been puzzled by dark matter. Though it is five times more abundant throughout our universe than the ordinary matter that make up all we can see, dark...
Raspberry Razzle Dazzle
In a fusion of food science, technology, and innovation, six teams of ÀÏÍõÂÛ̳ students gathered at Charlie Baggs Culinary Innovations in Chicago in November 2024 to compete in the Department of...
A Call for Quality Connections
In today’s digital age, where so many connections are at our fingertips, recently outgoing United States Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has sounded the alarm on a growing health crisis: loneliness. In...
Surveying the SkAI: ÀÏÍõÂÛ̳’s Astronomy Program Begins Its Orbit
By taking a small step to join the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) Discovery Alliance in spring 2024, Illinois Institute of Technology’s burgeoning astronomy program has taken a giant leap...
Protecting Your Plate
Following another E.coli outbreak, consumers are left to ponder a simple, yet delicate question: how safe is it to eat the food on my plate? The most recent outbreak—linked to organic carrots—was...
How Homes Should Prepare for a Green Future
As the movement away from fossil fuels and toward a greener future continues to build momentum, our buildings have become a focal point for the energy transition. The current popular strategy for...
The Politics of Self Preservation in Seoul
In the wake of President Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived declaration of martial law on December 3, the country of South Korea faces an unknown future. In the short term, Yoon faces an impeachment. “What...