The campus of Northern Illinois University buzzed with excitement on Saturday as DeKalb County Earth Fest returned for its third year. The celebration, built through a partnership between DeCarbon DeKalb and the university, aimed to connect people with nature without heavy guilt. The opening keynot
China tightened rules on key minerals like gallium, germanium and neodymium in 2025‑26, saying it needed to guard national security. The U. S. and the EU reacted by bolstering stockpiles, speeding up domestic projects, and seeking new suppliers. Prices jumped, but many saw the shock as short‑term.
Scientists have found a way to watch how salt crystals grow while they sit in water, using a special microscope that protects the crystal from damage. The trick is to coat the whole setup with a thin film of amorphous carbon, which shields the crystal from the intense electron beam that normally hur
A common hospital bug, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, often ignores many drugs and sticks together in protective layers called biofilms. Researchers made a new type of chemical that stops the bacteria from talking to each other, a process known as quorum sensing. This “talk‑stopper” is based on N‑acyl homo
The city council is once again stirring debate with a fresh proposal that could change how ride‑share companies split fares. Two council members—one from District 2 and another from District 3—are looking at ways to cap the portion of fares that Uber and Lyft keep, hoping to leave drivers with a lar
A fresh series on Netflix blends the frantic kitchen life of a popular food‑service drama with the dark twists of a famed crime saga. The creators have taken two shows that are very different—one about family and food, the other about a teacher turned drug kingpin—and fused their core elements into
The 1999 launch of a mob drama on HBO shocked viewers. The series placed a gangster in the lead, breaking the norm of clean‑cut heroes. It earned 21 Emmy awards and sparked a wave of high‑quality shows like Breaking Bad, Succession, and Mad Men. A writer famous for horror recently said a different
The Department of Justice has warned Virginia’s governor that it will sue if she signs new gun‑control laws. A letter from the Civil Rights Division says any bill that limits law‑abiding citizens’ right to own firearms could trigger a lawsuit. The letter cites an executive order from the Trump
The FBI’s newest report on internet crime shows a sharp climb in identity theft affecting people over 60. In 2025, more than five thousand complaints were filed by this age group, with losses totaling nearly fifty million dollars—an increase of about seventy percent from the previous year. Older
A summer morning in July 2023, a routine drive to art school turned into a shock when a friend called with startling news: the man who had been linked to dozens of murders along Long Island’s Atlantic coast had finally been arrested. The killer, known as Rex Heuermann, was identified and taken into
