Christian Elliott
Former Reset Intern
Stories by Christian Elliott
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Food Friday: Chicago’s cheesemonger champion
Chicago cheese expert Cara Condon took home the 2022 Cheesemonger Invitational top prize in New York.
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Armadillos are on their way to Chicago
Commonly found in southeastern states and Mexico, climate change is driving the armor-plated creatures northward.
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Illinois rebrands invasive Asian carp as ‘Copi’
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources hopes a snazzy new name will win invasive carp a place on Midwestern seafood menus.
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New book explores how animals perceive and experience the world
Enter a new dimension in Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer Ed Yong’s “An Immense World.“
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Illinois is losing Caterpillar headquarters to Texas
The construction equipment company has been headquartered in Illinois since 1925 and will relocate to Texas, Irving, later this year.
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‘Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!’ finds new home in the Fine Arts Building
Wait Wait, a co-production of NPR and WBEZ Chicago, recorded weekly shows at the Chase Auditorium for 15 years.
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Chicago plants fewer trees in lower-income neighborhoods than on wealthier, whiter streets
A Chicago Tribune investigation also found Chicago parkways have lost more trees than were planted over the past decade.
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Cubs get walloped in New York
The Yankees finished off the Cubs with an 18-4 win Sunday in a second-straight blowout.
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Northwestern University engineers create world’s smallest walking robot
The half-millimeter-long crab joins a collection of tiny robots inspired by the natural world.
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What does Cook County’s ‘high’ COVID-19 risk level mean for you?
Plus, what you need to know about monkeypox. The state’s first two probable cases were found in Chicago last week.
