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David Fisher's farm is a kind of American Dream. Not the conventional one of upward economic mobility. This is the utopian version, the uncompromising pursuit of a difficult agrarian ideal.

Leaving green grass to grow can save lots of green money.As residents help develop a new master plan for Bloomington Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Arts,…

The researchers say the problem is that the animals' primary source of food is moving farther away from places where they can breed. They're likely going to have to swim farther for their dinner.

A team at Stanford University has reversed memory loss in old mice by flooding their brains with spinal fluid taken from young animals. The finding may hold promise for Alzheimer's research.

In an ultimate example of students going above and beyond, WGLT profiles two Normal Community High School students in January and February who transformed a sociology project into arts events at the Coffeehouse for all to enjoy. The catch? It’s got to make an impact.

White people remain the majority in the U.S. — but the Census Bureau says non-Hispanic whites were the only racial group that didn't grow from 2016 to 2017.

THIS WEEK MARKED THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST "PHYSICAL" FIGHT ON THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN 1798. ALEX TALKS WITH THE FORMER HOUSE HISTORIAN, RAYMOND SMOCK, ABOUT THE INCIDENT. 3:50 3. BEETLES: ALEX LOOKS FOR BEETLES WITH ENTOMOLOGIST MICHAEL IVY IN NORTHERN MONTANA. THE BUGS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE ENVIRONMENT -- AND OFTEN DEMONSTRATE THE AMAZING ADAPTATIONS VARIOUS SPECIES MAKE AS THEY VIE FOR SURVIVAL .

NPR's Dan Charles reports on the work of a handful of researchers who believe in something called Cold Fusion. It's a complicated idea...involving the fusion of atoms and the subsequent release of enormous amounts of energy...all accomplished in a controlled and friendly environment. And it's controversial -- SO controversial that most scientists don't even think cold fusion is possible. Despite the sceptics, the search for cold fusion goes on.

NPR's Nina Totenberg reports on the arguments before the Supreme Court today on whether Clean Water regulations apply to a body of water contained within a state, but used as habitat by migrating birds. The justices are being asked to rule on whether the fate of the body of water is of concern only to that state, or, because of the impact on the birds, to the larger environment.

In ancient world the Library at Alexandria, Egypt was the meeting place where philosophical, spiritual, and cosmological teachings met to create a vital cultural environment. But the Library dissappeared 2000 years ago possibly when Julius Caeser sacked the city. Today a new library is rising in Alexandria hoping to recapture some of the former's glory. Kate Seelye reports.