On January 11, 1922, a diabetic patient at Toronto General Hospital was given the first injection of insulin. Though the first dose caused an allergic
With Danteworlds: A Reader’s Guide to the Inferno, Guy P. Raffa decoded Dante’s epic poem for a new generation of readers. And with the forthcoming
It was widely reported yesterday, including this story in the Chicago Tribune, that the Obama administration will appoint Cass R. Sunstein, faculty member of the
Today marks the 186th anniversary of the birth of British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace. Best known for independently proposing the theory of evolution by natural
Author Neil Harris, joined Eight Forty-Eight host Richard Steele on this morning’s program to discuss how he stumbled upon several issues of the Chicagoan deep
On this date in 1610, Galileo Galilei first observed the four moons of Jupiter, which are now known as the Galilean moons. To kick off
Jan R. Van Meter, author of Tippecanoe and Tyler Too: Famous Slogans and Catchphrases in American History, made an appearance earlier today on KCUR public
Any time we plan a trip, whether it’s as simple as a trek to the other side of town or as complicated as a cross-country
The Modern Language Association held its annual meeting in San Francisco December 28 through 30, and its theme, “The Way We Teach Now,” was selected