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Dietary Supplements: Stories of Regulation, Safety, and Evidence

A healthy athlete dies of complications from heatstroke during training. The medical examiner finds a legal botanical dietary supplement played…

7 years ago

Dr. Brian Murphy – Antibiotic Hunter: Discovering Drugs in the Ocean

Aaron Freeman dives in with Brian Murphy, Ph.D., to get to the bottom of antibiotic hunting in our waters. The…

7 years ago

Supplement Caveat Emptor w/Dr. Alyssa Tonsing-Carter

Meet Alyssa Tonsing-Carter, Ph.D., who will talk dietary suppliments and their regulation--or lack thereof--at our June 13 Speakeasy at the…

7 years ago

C2ST — A Personal View

Almost every aspect of our day-to-day life is impacted by science and technology: from the food we eat, to the…

7 years ago

Civilization and its Discontents – 2017

There are reasons why we are living in a period witnessing the decline of 17th and 18thCentury Enlightenment values.  Reasons…

8 years ago

Urban Nature: Behind the Scenes

Chicago Council on Science and Technology, as part of its Science + Cinema Initiative, and WTTW Chicago Present Urban Nature: Behind the…

8 years ago

Extreme Science: The U.S. Antarctic Program

Antarctica is the coldest, highest and driest of all seven continents. It is one and a half times the areal…

8 years ago

The Enlightening March for Science

Where would we be without The Enlightenment?  The Enlightenment generally refers to Western civilization’s continuing exit from the “Dark Ages.” …

8 years ago

Extreme Science: The U.S. Antarctic Program

Chicago Council on Science and Technology and Illinois Institute of Technology, College of Science present Extreme Science: The U.S. Antarctic Program Antarctica is…

8 years ago

Making Things Meaningful in the Ice Age

The arts provide a key avenue of insight into ancient human behavior and symbolic evolution. In this lecture we will…

8 years ago