Longtime Oak Park and River Forest High School teacher Aaron Podolner was fired amid an allegation of inappropriate student contact.

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On its record-breaking pass by the Sun late last year, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe captured stunning new images from within the Sun’s atmosphere. These newly released images — taken closer to the Sun ...

The IceCube neutrino detector has allowed researchers to resolve a debate about what types of particles make up ...

Every living cell must interpret its genetic code - a sequence of chemical letters that governs countless cellular functions.

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In its closest-ever dive into the Sun’s atmosphere, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has returned stunning new images and data that ...