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![Alexandra Harmon-Threatt, left, is an associate professor of entomology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. This year, her students created podcasts for their conservation biology course project.](/images/uploads/_small/Untitled_design_%282%29.jpg)
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Best of: Toya Wolfe’s coming of age novel shares finding the joys of community in a Chicago neighborhood
We interview Toya Wolfe, author of ‘Last Summer on State Street,’ as we learn how she shaped her first fictional story, set in the historic torn-down landmark, The Robert Taylor Homes.
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Best of: Why is the US behind with developing the world’s fastest high-speed trains?
Illinois politicians are celebrating the upgraded train speeds of 110mph from Chicago to St. Louis, but why is the U.S. behind Asia and Europe with 200 mph trains?
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Best of: New study finds people overestimate online outrage
A new study suggests that people on the internet are not as angry as they seem. The 21st was joined by the professor who led the study.
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Best of: Adopted Black woman discovers she is a princess from Sierra Leone
Today we will be hearing the unique story of a Princess from Sierra Leone. who was born and adopted in West Virginia and searched for her birth family to find out she’s from a royal lineage and in fact, a Princess.