Reaction videos hilariously cross musical tastes
A relatively new genre of YouTube videos features regular people listening to new music–and sometimes old music–just for their reactions. The genre’s…
Category: General Interest
150 years after the Great Chicago Fire, the O’Learys hit the news again
Did Old Lady O’Leary’s cow kick over a lantern in the shed in 1871, thus causing the Great Chicago Fire? You’ll be hearing a lot about the truth (or not)…
Job-seeking duo holds TikTok accounts hostage
Today’s new graduates have to contend with the strangest job market ever, given the pandemic. Time to get creative. Two British men, calling themselves…
Tech gifts: Device checks your vision on phone
It’s probably not a substitute for the optometrist, but EyeQue VisionCheck could be used as a do-it-yourself prescription finder, and probably will be….
A fitness tracker at an amazing price
Fitness trackers are getting big-time smart, not just logging steps, but also hours you sleep, quality of hours and stairs you climb. Your watch knows all…
Case study: How looting destroyed access to medicine
In June, after the death of George Floyd, looters in Chicago destroyed hundreds of businesses–among them, 70 of the 118 Walgreens stores in Chicago….
Computer pioneer showed unique vision, persistence
In an industry given to handwringing over the few women in its ranks, computer software technology was actually pioneered by a woman, Dr. Grace Murray…
Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux stand out among modern Native American tribes
Unemployment among the 500 members of Minnesota’s Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) is more than 99 percent. The poverty rate is zero. The…
Native American tribes by the numbers
Native American tribes loom large in the imagination: Their fearless warriors, their tragic, romantic, and noble histories told and retold in movies and…
The sport invented by the Haudenosaunee people, also known as lacrosse
One day, the animals of the forest gathered for a great ball game. The powerful bear and the swift deer teamed up against the hawk, eagle and owl. As they…