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Apr 30, 2025
Working With Watson
The computer Watson, best known for winning a $1 million prize on the quiz show "Jeopardy!," is now using the vast power of its artificial intelligence for everything from medical diagnostics to creating new cooking recipes. We talk to Chicagoan Stephen Gold, vice president at IBM's Watson group, about what Watson has in store for us.
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Working With Watson
Apr 30, 2025
How Old Do You Look?
A local professor has co-created a computer program that calculates age from a selfie. We talk about the development, process, and accuracy of the project FaceMyAge. 
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How Old Do You Look?
Apr 30, 2025
Discovery Reveals Life of Ancient Insects
The discovery of a tiny cricket in a 20-million-year-old piece of amber that was found in the Dominican Republic more than 50 years ago offers new views into an ancient environment and how it once thrived.  
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Discovery Reveals Life of Ancient Insects
Apr 30, 2025
Rosetta Makes Historic Space Travel Feat
After a 10 year, 4 billion mile long journey, the European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft made history today as the first spacecraft to go into orbit around a comet.
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Rosetta Makes Historic Space Travel Feat
Apr 30, 2025
Tom Skilling on Climate Change
Shark Week is back. We discuss our continuing fascination with the ocean's top predator with shark expert Lise Watson of the Shedd Aquarium.
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Tom Skilling on Climate Change
Apr 30, 2025
Transforming Waste into Organic Material
The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago is taking the residue of human waste from their water filtration process and transforming into a powerful soil additive/fertilizer that is used in parks, golf courses, and farms throughout the area.
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Transforming Waste into Organic Material
Apr 30, 2025
Smart Science
A young scientist works to repair the world, one school bus at a time. Brandis Friedman has his story. 
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Smart Science
Apr 30, 2025
Fighting Emerald Ash Borer
We see how the city is taking care of Ash trees hit by the Emerald Ash borer.
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Fighting Emerald Ash Borer
Apr 30, 2025
Exploring Space
From close encounters with a speeding comet to an intimate visit with mysterious Pluto, we examine the most fascinating stories from the final frontier. 
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Exploring Space
Apr 30, 2025
’The Organized Mind’
We talk to a neuroscientist who's out with a new book to help us organize our minds.
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’The Organized Mind’
Apr 30, 2025
O’Hare Airport Home to Goats, Llamas, More
Millions of passengers travel through O'Hare every year, but dozens of burros, goats, and llamas call the airport home. Why? Paris Schutz explains.
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O’Hare Airport Home to Goats, Llamas, More
Apr 30, 2025
“Superintelligence”
Intelligence has given humans an advantage over other forms of life. But could human intelligence soon be surpassed, and what would this mean for the human race?
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“Superintelligence”
Apr 30, 2025
Eliza Fournier on the Fall Harvest Season
With the end of summer near, a garden expert shares ideas and tips for the fall harvest season.
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Eliza Fournier on the Fall Harvest Season
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