Science
Students can now earn a college degree in heavy metal
May 22, 2013Students enrolled in the degree program will learn the history of metal, from past censorship issues to major events and achievements.
Read moreScience of happiness – and the April jobs report
May 15, 2013There are two broad measurements of happiness: first, the ups and downs of daily emotions, and second, an individual's overall evaluation of life.
Read moreEast Coast to be overrun by billions of cicadas
May 8, 2013Any day now, billions of cicadas with bulging red eyes will crawl out of the earth after 17 years underground and overrun the East Coast.
Read moreToday in labor history: First Earth Day teach-in held
April 22, 2013The late environmentalist, Sen. Gaylord Nelson, D-Wis., founded Earth Day as an environmental teach-in first held on April 22, 1970.
Read moreReport: Toxic cloud could sicken millions in Chicago
April 18, 2013A rapidly spreading toxic cloud of hydrofluoric acid fumes from an accident at two oil refineries in Lemont and Channahon, Ill., could kill thousands and sicken millions in the Windy City.
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