At least 33 shot, 5 fatally, in shootings across Chicago this weekend, police say

At least 33 people have been shot, five fatally, in shootings across Chicago so far this weekend, police said.

https://abc7chicago.com/live-updates/chicago-shootings-weekend-shooting-incidents-police-department-says/19338035/

#TopNews #News #Chicago #BrightonPark #UniversityofChicago

๐Ÿ’๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ TIL: ๐Ÿงช๐ŸŒŒ An astrophysicist at the University of #Chicago says mini-Neptune atmospheres might cook #carbon into soot clouds โ€“ essentially the same particles as burnt toast and diesel exhaust. Analyzing the soot could indicate where these common #planets form.

๐Ÿ‘‰ https://www.space.com/astronomy/exoplanets/most-exoplanets-might-be-soot-factories-scientists-say-like-you-have-a-natural-diesel-engine

#astronomy #exoplanets #neptune #chemistry #nasa #jwst #space #atmosphere #chemistry #engineering #universityofchicago #astrophysics #science

Most exoplanets might be 'soot factories,' scientists say: 'Like you have a natural diesel engine'

A chemical engineer noticed that the spectra of the hazy atmosphere of mini-Neptune planets looked like the soot produced by combustion engines.

Space

Hyde Park: The Midway Plaisance in December โ„๏ธ ๐Ÿฐ

(Site of a future walking tour ๐Ÿšถโ€โ™€๏ธโ€โžก๏ธ๏ธ)

#Chicago #UniversityofChicago #urban #urbanism #hydepark #southside #nature #natureToot #photography #photo #citylife

In an early #ManhattanProject success, #ThisDayInHistory in 1942 saw the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction. #EnricoFermi built #ChicagoPile1 reactor underneath the west viewing stands of #StaggField at #UniversityOfChicago, risking disaster in a densely populated area.
Ah yes, the University of Chicago, where defending the humanities is apparently as fashionable as wearing socks with sandals. ๐Ÿงฆ๐Ÿ‘ก But seriously, who needs arts and literature when you can major in Crosswords and Podcasts, right? ๐Ÿ˜‚๐ŸŽ“
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2025/08/university-chicago-humanities-doctorate/684004/ #UniversityOfChicago #HumanitiesFashionable #ArtsAndLiterature #CrosswordsAndPodcasts #HigherEducation #Humor #HackerNews #ngated
If the University of Chicago Wonโ€™t Defend the Humanities, Who Will?

Why it matters that the University of Chicago is pausing admissions to doctoral programs in literature, the arts, and languages

The Atlantic
If the University of Chicago Wonโ€™t Defend the Humanities, Who Will?

Why it matters that the University of Chicago is pausing admissions to doctoral programs in literature, the arts, and languages

The Atlantic
The other was a guest piece in #theeconomist from an economist from the #universityofchicago . It suggests that similar evaluations are done in the #us but use a much higher statistical value of life. Reading this I was pleasantly surprised although unsure how long such a rational and sensible procedure can be expected to survive in the current #us political climate! .