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Despite being a big city paper, The New York Times has featured Verlyn Klinkenborg's editorials about life on his farm for years. A new collection of his essays, More Scenes from the Rural Life, offers even the city slickers a chance to daydream about cows.

A rocket is scheduled to launch next year that will take along a robotic probe to orbit the moon. The probe is expected to provide details of how much water there is on the moon and where it is.

Hotter temperatures make breathing problems during sleep more likely, even when it's not extremely hot

The pandemic spike in pet adoption has lead to a boom in vet visits. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Hunter Finn, a veterinarian in Arlington, Texas, about the strain on exhausted vets.

Eric Ellis is president and CEO of Integrity Development Corp., a diversity and inclusion consulting firm. He'll be the keynote speaker at the Bloomington-Normal NAACP's Freedom Fund event at 6 p.m. Saturday on Zoom.

A Normal Community High School senior is making a strong local and international impact.

The Senate-approved Sunshine Protection Act would make daylight saving time permanent in 2023. But some sleep experts say we're about to settle on the wrong time.

In 1940, author John Steinbeck and his friend Ed Ricketts, a marine biologist, sailed to the Sea of Cortez to document wildlife. Now scientists are re-tracing their route. The Radio Expeditions series joins them.

The Trump administration is citing wildfire suppression as the reason it's seeking to undo the Roadless Rule. Science suggests more roads will cause more fires.

To prepare for more development, lawmakers in Florida are commissioning new toll roads through rural areas. But some rural communities say they don't want them.