Best Of: Magic mushrooms going mainstream?
There’s been a renewed interest in the mental health benefits of mushrooms, and some states are working to decriminalize them.
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Best Of: Is it child abuse or neglect?
DCFS is charged with investigating abuse and neglect. But charges of “neglect” can tear families apart, mostly for being poor.
Best Of: Preserving Illinois Country French
There's a cultural heritage of "Illinois Country French," also known as "Missouri French," in our state. This Illinois Creole culture is fading, but today we were joined by one of the few speakers left in Illinois, who's been working to keep the heritage alive.
‘Inventor of the Future’ sketches complicated portrait of Buckminster Fuller
R. Buckminster Fuller was a visionary designer, inventor, and futurist who thought we could make a better world through technology. Now he's the subject of a new biography, Inventor of the Future: The Visionary Life of Buckminster Fuller, by Illinois-based writer Alec Nevala-Lee.
An Illinois professor discovered a new lizard in Peru. Then a drug cartel discovered him.
Illinois Wesleyan University Professor Edgar Lehr and a team of Peruvian scientists recently discovered a previously unknown species of lizard in the Andes Mountains. But his trip was cut short when the team realized drug traffickers were nearby and had begun following their movements.