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Jan 15, 2025
Foiled Terrorist Plot
Why were powerful explosives linked to Al-Qaeda addressed to Chicago synagogues? Elizabeth Brackett tells us why the intended targets and the timing may not have been a coincidence.
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Foiled Terrorist Plot
Jan 15, 2025
Hacking on Public Wi-Fi
A new, free computer program can turn the most inexperienced computer user into a computer hacker, and the hacking is taking place at public wi-fi sites.
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Hacking on Public Wi-Fi
Jan 15, 2025
A Month at the Museum
Kate McGroarty won the chance of a lifetime: to live inside in the Museum of Science and Industry for a month. We Skype with the 24-year-old Chicagoan from her museum home.
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A Month at the Museum
Jan 15, 2025
Scientific Chicago: Proton Therapy
Jay Shefsky looks at proton therapy for cancer as Illinois opens its first proton therapy facility. Advocates say it's better and safer than traditional radiation, but some doctors argue it's not worth the high cost.
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Scientific Chicago: Proton Therapy
Jan 15, 2025
Airport Security
Are new airport security provisions a violation of privacy or an effective deterrent to terrorism? Experts weigh in on the debate over the increased use of full-body scanners.
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Airport Security
Jan 15, 2025
Biking the Boulevards
Are you overwhelmed or even addicted to Facebook, MySpace or Twitter? An increasing number of people are opting out of social media. We look at who's quitting and why.
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Biking the Boulevards
Jan 15, 2025
Birds of Prey
An exhibit at the Shedd Aquarium will have you looking in the air instead of below the surface. We get an inside look at the birds of prey on display at the Shedd.
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Birds of Prey
Jan 15, 2025
Scientific Chicago: Star Dust, Estrogen's Power, and the "Gripper" Robotic Hand
A revolutionary robotic hand was created by a team that included Chicago scientists. We talk about that invention, plus the brain boosting power of estrogen and more in our Scientific Chicago segment with University of Chicago paleontologist Neil Shubin.
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Scientific Chicago: Star Dust, Estrogen's Power, and the "Gripper" Robotic Hand
Jan 15, 2025
Asian Carp
The threat from Asian carp has prompted a re-examination of the Chicago-area waterway system. One proposal involves permanently separating the Great Lakes watershed from the Mississippi River watershed, but not by closing the locks. Elizabeth Brackett has the story.
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Asian Carp
Jan 15, 2025
World Bicycle Relief
Saving the world - one bike at a time. We talk with F.K. Day, the Chicago bicycle entrepreneur who was recently named "one of the top givers" of the year.
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World Bicycle Relief
Jan 15, 2025
Tap Water Concerns
Hundreds of millions of gallons of water flow throughout Chicago taps every day. But is the water safe to drink? A recent environmental study has set off alarms on Capitol Hill and at the EPA. Ash-har Quraishi takes a look at "Chromium-6."
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Tap Water Concerns
Jan 15, 2025
Children's Health Study
What's behind rising rates of asthma, autism and other childhood diseases baffling doctors? A new long-term study launching in Cook County hopes to find out, and we tell you how your family can participate.
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Children's Health Study
Jan 15, 2025
Scientific Chicago: PTSD Study
We find out why zoo officials and primate lovers across the country have gone "ape" over Lincoln Park Zoo's newborn baby gibbon.
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Scientific Chicago: PTSD Study
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