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Superpower questions
I recently acquired hearing aids, so I wear tiny computer-managed sound equipment in my ears. Like other people new to hearing aids, I’ve rediscovered that…
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Windycon 2026: Sanctuary Among the Stars
Windycon is Chicagoland’s longest-running science fiction convention. It’s now in its 52nd year and will be held October 9 to 11 at the Hyatt Regency…
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The Illinois state microbe, or how to fight the Nazis
I live in Illinois, and like other US states, it has many state symbols. These include: flower, violet; fossil, Tully monster; fungus, giant puffball; insect,…
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What is a weed?
A weed, according to the Penguin Dictionary of Plant Sciences and the Wordsworth Dictionary of Botany, is a “plant growing where it is not wanted.”…
