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Bloomington Progressives Regroup, See Positives Despite Election Losses

It's easy to see that the municipal election in Bloomington did not go well for progressives. The People First Coalition went 0-for-4 at the ballot box as…

Chicago Author Places Blues In The Great African-American Cultural Migration

Author David Whiteis believes blues music and blues artists don't get proper recognition as part of the great African-American migration of the 20th…

Illinois Video Game Ban Bill Faces Uphill Legal, Scientific Battles

A state representative wants to ban violent video games. He says they contribute to increased carjacking in Chicago. It’s far from the first time state…

Bloomington Council Candidates Talk Pandemic Recovery

The candidates running for mayor and city council in Bloomington mostly praise what city government has done so far in providing relief to residents and…

Datebook: 'Unsteady Hands' Grasps The Richness Of Artist's Memories

An exotic gift from a kind stranger...an eccentric and formidable grandparent...the jaw-dropping riches of another culture... These are the memories that…

BPD Video Reflects Split Screen View On Racial Incident

Months after a Bloomington police officer was involved in a racially-charged dispute, the City of Bloomington has released officer body camera footage of…

How Central Illinois Musicians Have Adapted To The Pandemic

The pandemic has hit full-time performing musicians especially hard. There are very few places to perform and in-person audiences are sparse, at best.WGLT…

Father and Son Turn To Old Metal Craft To Build A New Business

As Taylor Mathews lit the forge in his family’s metalworking shop in rural Bloomington, just behind him was an anvil from the ’80s. The 1880s.Taylor, 22,…

Annie Kunz during the Women's Heptathlon 100 Meters Hurdles during the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team Trials in Eugene, Ore., in June. Building her training regimen around recent findings from sex-specific sports medicine research has made a difference in her performance, says Kunz, who won the heptathlon that day and is competing this week at the Olympic games in Tokyo.

Sports Science Is Changing How Female Olympians Train. It Could Help You, Too

U.S. Olympic heptathlete Annie Kunz says tracking her monthly cycles and learning she needs to eat more and get more naps when she's fatigued has already improved her athletic performance.

Rex Cocroft, a biology professor at the University of Missouri in Columbia, looks at a group of treehoppers in his research lab. "The insect sounds that we hear are just a tiny subset of all the insect sounds out there," he said. "Many of the sounds that are traveling through grasses and trees and shrubs are very melodic and very creative – combining different elements that just sound very unusual. Sometimes very musical, sometimes rather harsh, but often very, very interesting and surprising to our ears."

Insects are making sounds the human ear can't hear. One Midwest scientist is listening

Thousands of insect species use vibrations to communicate. Now, in part because of the foundational research of a Midwestern biology professor, more researchers are exploring insect vibrational communication to ward against pests and understand climate change.

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