In June 2026, the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump finished its renovations to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Soon after it reopened, however, the water turned green with algae.

The moment of truth is just about here. The Strait of Hormuz has reopened, for now, and Middle Eastern countries that shut off their oil wells during the war (the term is actually “shut in”) are about ...

Citizen scientists using the Kilonova Seekers platform spotted a stellar flash 2,500 times brighter than before, allowing astronomers to identify the exploding cataclysmic variable GOTO0650 within ...

For inexplicable reasons, Chicago produces more than its share of one-of-a-kind, this-is-something-new jazz talents. Patricia Barber, Kurt Elling, Reginald Robinson, Maurice Brown, Laurence Hobgood, ...