A Cape Cod science center and one of the world’s largest shipping businesses are collaborating on a project to use robotic buoys to protect a vanishing whale from lethal collisions with ships. A lab at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution developed the technology, which uses buoys and underw…
Two fires that merged to create the largest wildfire in New Mexico history have both been traced to planned burns set by U.S. forest managers. U.S. Forest Service investigators announced Friday they have tracked the source of one of the fires to the remnants of a planned winter fire that lay…
Scientists have discovered that coronavirus makes people act out dreams while they are sleeping.
The leaders of California and New Zealand have signed a pledge agreeing to help fight climate change. California Gov. Gavin Newsom and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern spoke about the partnership Friday. It doesn't commit either government to specific policies but outlines broad are…
But could we set down and start a civilization there?
They are SpaceX’s newest competition for ferrying astronauts up and down to the ISS and back.
Is this the future of high tech wearables? Veuer’s Tony Spitz has the details.
Small, but deadly! The newly discovered shrimp-like creature may have only been about 2 centimeters long, but it had some pretty vicious legs.
Officials from the Group of Seven wealthy nations announced Friday that they will aim to largely end greenhouse gas emissions from their power sectors by 2035. The announcement makes it highly unlikely that those countries will burn coal for electricity beyond that date. Ministers from the G…
Ray Liotta, the actor best known for playing mobster Henry Hill in “Goodfellas” and baseball player Shoeless Joe Jackson in “Field of Dreams,” has died. He was 67. An official at the Dominican Republic’s National Forensic Science Institute who was not authorized to speak to the media confirm…
Mars and Jupiter will meet for a conjunction over Memorial Day weekend. The best night to catch this event is the early morning of May 29. Add this to your bucket list while celebrating the holiday!
Mars and Jupiter will meet for a conjunction over Memorial Day weekend. The best night to catch this event is the early morning of May 29. Add this to your bucket list while celebrating the holiday!
He says he’s marked the positives and negatives of Zuckerberg’s Metaverse, now he wants to build his own.
A Cape Cod science center and one of the world’s largest shipping businesses are collaborating on a project to use robotic buoys to protect a …
Two fires that merged to create the largest wildfire in New Mexico history have both been traced to planned burns set by U.S. forest managers.…
Scientists have discovered that coronavirus makes people act out dreams while they are sleeping.
The leaders of California and New Zealand have signed a pledge agreeing to help fight climate change. California Gov. Gavin Newsom and New Zea…
But could we set down and start a civilization there?
They are SpaceX’s newest competition for ferrying astronauts up and down to the ISS and back.
Is this the future of high tech wearables? Veuer’s Tony Spitz has the details.
Read through the obituaries published in Journal Gazette/Times-Courier
Law enforcement officers in Coles County train at schools and other locations to prepare for responding to mass shootings.
Our round-up of letters published in the Journal Gazette/Times-Courier
This week's local crime and court updates from Journal Gazette/Times-Courier.
A Chicago woman smothered her daughter with a plastic bag on her 8th birthday while the girl screamed "Momma, stop," because she believed her daughter didn't love her anymore, prosecutors say.
Here's what you might have missed this week in Illinois government news.
Chicago, Cook County and surrounding counties, and counties around Peoria are now rated at high community level for COVID-19, Illinois health officials said Thursday.
Authorities say three people were shot and wounded on Friday in Chicago. The Chicago Sun-Times reported that police say a man was sitting in a parked car with a woman standing by his driver side window when both were struck with gunfire at about 10:15 p.m. in South Austin. Police say the 34-year-old man was shot twice in the neck and taken to the hospital in critical condition while the 31-year-old woman was shot in the elbow and in good condition. Authorities say a third person was also struck by gunfire and is in good condition. No additional details about the shooting were immediately made available.
To keep our skin healthy we all know we need to exfoliate, but did you know that dolphins do too?
Boeing's astronaut taxi has returned to Earth from the International Space Station, completing a repeat test flight with a mannequin on board. The Starliner capsule parachuted into the New Mexico desert just four hours after leaving the orbiting lab Wednesday. Aside from a few snags, Starlin…
This could be the future of AI-driven medevac.
In the choppy, cold waters of Alaska’s Resurrection Bay, oceanographers from the University of Alaska Fairbanks have been conducting tests this spring with a drone that goes underwater. They believe it's the first ever configured with a large sensor specifically designed to measure carbon di…
The head of the Food and Drug Administration faced a congressional grilling over a months-long delay in inspecting the plant at the center of a nationwide baby formula shortage. FDA Commissioner Robert Califf faced questions Wednesday from House lawmakers probing the formula shortage. Califf…
The sight of fountains, swimming pools, gardens and golf courses in Western cities like Phoenix, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, San Diego and Albuquerque can seem jarring as drought and climate change tightening their grip on the region. But Western water experts say they aren’t necessarily cause f…
Small, but deadly! The newly discovered shrimp-like creature may have only been about 2 centimeters long, but it had some pretty vicious legs.
Officials from the Group of Seven wealthy nations announced Friday that they will aim to largely end greenhouse gas emissions from their power…
Ray Liotta, the actor best known for playing mobster Henry Hill in “Goodfellas” and baseball player Shoeless Joe Jackson in “Field of Dreams,”…
Mars and Jupiter will meet for a conjunction over Memorial Day weekend. The best night to catch this event is the early morning of May 29. Add…
Mars and Jupiter will meet for a conjunction over Memorial Day weekend. The best night to catch this event is the early morning of May 29. Add…
He says he’s marked the positives and negatives of Zuckerberg’s Metaverse, now he wants to build his own.
Pastor John Lowe II got a standing ovation initially after saying he had sinned and committed “adultery.” Then a woman walked up to the microphone and said she was 16 at the time. A prosecutor is investigating.
A Shelbyville man has been charged in connection with a high-speed chase and putting the lives of pursuing deputies at danger because of his reckless driving.
SHELBYVILLE — Bond for a Herrick man accused of strangling and striking a person has been set at $500,000.
Bond was set at $50,000 Thursday for a former Mattoon Middle School substitute teacher who police say engaged in an online conversation about sex acts with a student.
Here's what you might have missed this week in Illinois government news.
Here are some answers to questions about the long-term challenges for the energy market in downstate Illinois, as well as the immediate pain posed by rate increases:
Chicago’s gun laws are among the most restrictive in the United States, although some have loosened as they’ve been overturned in the past decade.
A lawsuit filed Wednesday by three Illinois Republicans argues that the state should not count mail-in ballots that arrive after the date of an election.
Opponents of a proposed launchpad for commercial rockets on the Georgia coast want a federal court to throw out the project's government licen…
Germany’s energy and climate minister says the Group of Seven wealthy nations can lead the way on ending the use of coal. Coal is a heavily po…
It’s smaller than a flea.
It’s smaller than a flea.
The coronavirus mutant that is now dominant in the United States spreads faster than its omicron predecessors, is adept at escaping immunity a…
On May 19, NASA announced that the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has now calibrated over 40 "milepost markers" of space and time.
To keep our skin healthy we all know we need to exfoliate, but did you know that dolphins do too?
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