Science & Technology
[The Birthplace of Flight Is Going Electric](/content/the-birthplace-of-flight-is-going-electric/ "The Birthplace of Flight Is Going Electric"/index.html)
Celia Johnson - March 2, 2026
From a young age, Greg Bowles was obsessed with planes. Growing up in the suburbs of Cleveland, he learned that Ohio was the birthplace...
[From Steel Belt to Quantum Core, Chicago Emerges Again](/content/from-steel-belt-to-quantum-core-chicago-emerges-again/ "From Steel Belt to Quantum Core, Chicago Emerges Again"/index.html)
Devon Rudolph - February 10, 2026
The decline of industrial manufacturing rocked the Steel Belt from New York to Wisconsin, putting companies out of business and employees out of work....
[Could Ohio Be the Next Biotech Hub?](/content/could-ohio-be-the-next-biotech-hub/ "Could Ohio Be the Next Biotech Hub?"/index.html)
Kiran Hubbard - December 3, 2025
Biotechnology is a booming industry in coastal hotspots like Biotech Bay, Biotech Beach and Biohub Boston. But there may be a new contender: landlocked...
[In Nebraska, Tele-Health Provides Care in the “Middle of Nowhere”](/content/in-nebraska-tele-health-provides-care-in-the-middle-of-nowhere/ "In Nebraska, Tele-Health Provides Care in the “Middle of Nowhere”"/index.html)
Clara Baisinger-Rosen - March 1, 2025
As the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the globe, seeing a doctor or visiting a hospital became not only inconvenient, but sometimes even dangerous. Telehealth...
[What Is Lake Effect Snow, Anyway?](/content/what-is-lake-effect-snow-anyway/ "What Is Lake Effect Snow, Anyway?"/index.html)
Ryan Konarska - December 11, 2024
The town of Michigan City, Indiana, woke up on January 19, 2024, to a winter surprise: Three feet of snow had inundated the small...
[Thrilling Tornado Tours Are Taking the Midwest by Storm](/content/thrilling-tornado-tours-are-taking-the-midwest-by-storm/ "Thrilling Tornado Tours Are Taking the Midwest by Storm"/index.html)
Amber Zhao - November 25, 2024
Every year, about 1,000 tornadoes touch down in the United States. They can reach wind speeds anywhere from 72 to 300 mph. Yet rather...
[One Million Ohioans Don’t Have Access to High-Speed Internet. Why?](/content/one-million-ohioans-dont-have-access-to-high-speed-internet-why/ "One Million Ohioans Don’t Have Access to High-Speed Internet. Why?"/index.html)
Chinmayi Rajaram - November 21, 2024
More than 300,000 households in Ohio, representing around 1 million Ohioans, do not have access to high-speed internet.
According to 2016 census data, Cleveland is...
[Midwesterners Will Soon Be Building Your EVs. Why Aren’t They Buying Them?](/content/midwesterners-will-soon-be-building-your-evs-why-arent-they-buying-them/ "Midwesterners Will Soon Be Building Your EVs. Why Aren’t They Buying Them?"/index.html)
Vitus Larrieu - September 16, 2024
Electric vehicles are in a weird place in 2024’s America.
Technologically, they are more advanced than ever. New vehicles are coming to market that better...
[A New Federal Program Aims to Create the Nation’s Next Silicon Valleys — in the Midwest](/content/a-new-federal-program-aims-to-create-the-nations-next-silicon-valleys-in-the-midwest/ "A New Federal Program Aims to Create the Nation’s Next Silicon Valleys — in the Midwest"/index.html)
Casey He - August 28, 2024
When Silicon Valley — the iconic northern California tech cluster home to thousands of companies like Apple, Google and Netflix — started in the...
[‘And the Silicon Heartland Begins’: How Intel Is Betting Its Future on Ohio](/content/and-the-silicon-heartland-begins-how-intel-is-betting-its-future-on-ohio/ "‘And the Silicon Heartland Begins’: How Intel Is Betting Its Future on Ohio"/index.html)
Casey He - August 6, 2024
Electrical engineer Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit, or chip — a piece of semiconductor that contains various electronic components — in 1958 while...