Science and Technology

State Farm is suing Tesla, claiming the electric car company has a faulty electrical system design that can't regulate battery cells. The federal suit filed in Indiana on Feb. 16 claims the defects caused a Tesla Model S to catch fire while parked and charging in a family garage.

Bloomington-Normal is not a bad place to be if you are a bird. That's according to a study done by Illinois Wesleyan University biologist Given Harper.

A Bloomington-Normal man is on pins and needles waiting for his best Christmas gift ever.

A Bloomington-Normal man is on pins and needles waiting for his best Christmas gift ever.

Bloomington-based Growmark and St. Paul, Minn.-based CHS are investing $50 million to make technological breakthroughs in agriculture.

Low vaccination rates, human behavior, and viral mutations may mean COVID-19 will never disappear. That's according to many experts, including OSF HealthCare Chief Operating Officer Mike Cruz.

Low vaccination rates, human behavior, and viral mutations may mean COVID-19 will never disappear. That's according to many experts, including OSF HealthCare Chief Operating Officer Mike Cruz.

Of all the many shifts and twists in U.S. society since the twin towers fell 20 years ago, none may be quite as profound as in the aviation industry. Now 35 years into his career, Central Illinois Regional Airport Director Carl Olson was an airport director on 9/11 as well, in upstate New York.

The job of a Normal Town Council member doesn’t pay much. It comes with a lot of headaches. It takes a lot of work to listen to residents and translate…

A thumb-sized frog lays very tiny eggs, but that didn’t stop an Illinois State University professor at taking a closer look.Professor Matthew Dugas…