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China has been creating artificial islands out of reefs. Environmentalists say the process is killing off coral and giant clams.

Food labels have become battlegrounds. Government regulators, companies and food movement activists have been fighting over what belongs on the label. (GMOs? Trans fats? Claims that bran prevents heart disease?) We asked four big thinkers for their dream food label.

Scientists have found that spiderwebs can be used to capture environmental DNA, which reflects the animal population of an area. The technique may help track the biodiversity of an ecosystem.

A former track physician at the Indianapolis 500 race said drivers get the very best care possible in the event of crashes. In spite of 230 mile per hour…

Livingston Taylor and his older brother James are polar opposites on the celebrity scale. Though they have a similar vocal quality and share a love of…

Home health care workers are paid close to poverty wages in many parts of the country. And that's a problem, according to Illinois State University…

Forty years ago this week, the lines began to form around the block for Star Wars—a film that went on to explode not just box office records, but make a…

When Normal native Ryan Weisheit played the GLT Summer Concert in 2104 with Sweet Megg & the Wayfarers, he gushed at the time about the thriving "Hot…

Ameren Illinois is planning a 10-mile, high-voltage transmission line from near Hudson to Normal.It's part of the company's $45 million project to…

It was a long weekend for the Normal Fire Department.It started early Saturday morning, when a freight train derailed in Uptown. That afternoon, a fire…