What Your Phone Says About Your Personality (and How Big Data Can Use It)
The way you use your phone reveals who you are. For data miners, it’s incredibly valuable information.
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16 Awesome Photos of Chicago from Space
NASA maintains a giant database of Chicagoland photos dating back to 1973. You can spend hours looking through them all—we picked 16 of our favorites.
Chicago Winter, From Earth and Space
This is how the city looks from an astronaut’s perspective versus the shore of an icy Lake Michigan.
Chicago's Unidentified Bodies Go Online
You can now browse the Cook County Medical Examiner’s website to see local folks’ unidentified remains. The hope is that someone will recognize them.
In Defense of Hockey's Charity Point and the Blackhawks' Streak
The shootout, and the charity point that goes to the loser, is a dumb populist kludge—reason enough to embrace it.
The CTA Expands its Ex-Offender Job Program, But Is it Enough to Make an Impact?
It’s good news, but the Chicago Transit Authority’s announcement just highlights the ongoing struggle to get the city’s ex-offenders into the workforce.
Pat Quinn Presents the Illinois Budget: Short on Specifics, Long on Pleas
In a concise speech, the governor tried to set the legislature on the path towards pension reform. It won’t be easy.
There Was an Epic Snowball Fight in Wicker Park Last Night
About 300 people engaged in brutal combat with snow-based ballistics. Take a look at the merciless battle.
How the Great Recession Killed My Generation's Confidence
Young Americans’ optimism about income is at an all-time low. Why do college grads believe their pay won’t grow any faster than high school dropouts’?
The Oral History of Dawn Clark Netsch
The late law professor’s career in Illinois politics spanned from Adlai Stevenson’s presidential campaign in 1952 to the 1994 gubernatorial race and beyond, giving her a rare perspective on the city and state.