Barrington Hills Lifestyle
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No two are alike: The intricate science of snow crystalsFeb 08, 2024 6:46 am - Imagine you’re floating at the top of a cloud and you’re made of a dust particle. It’s 5 degrees Fahrenheit. Water vapor freezes onto you, making an icy, three-dimensional prism. You’re now a snow crystal, commonly known as a snowflake.
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Along for the ride: Trail volunteers keep forest preserves safeFeb 08, 2024 10:12 am - If boosting your fitness, altruism or connection with nature is your 2024 resolution, you’re in luck. Trail volunteers biking in Cook, DuPage, Kane and McHenry counties, can nail all three.
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Good News Sunday: St. Charles Singers invites high school choirs to join in songFeb 02, 2024 9:46 am - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published by the Daily Herald during the previous week: The St. Charles Sing...
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Fair game: How Harper College professor Rebecca Scott combines play, philosophyFeb 01, 2024 9:20 am - You might say that it’s all fun and games for Dr. Rebecca Scott. A lifelong fan of board games, the associate professor uses games and play-based learning in her Harper College philosophy courses.
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‘We think it’s a big deal’: Rare dual emergence of cicadas has some people buzzingJan 28, 2024 10:12 am - The main event is a few months away, but ecologists, educators and others in northern Illinois are busy preparing for their own big game of sorts — the pending emergence of billions of 17-year periodical cicadas.
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Harper College’s Darlett Bernard to receive Excellence in Service Award at MLK eventJan 25, 2024 3:28 pm - For more than 17 years, Darlett Bernard has been bringing hot food — and a warm smile — to students, employees and guests on Harper’s campus. As the catering supervisor f...
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Why you may see larger, faster e-bikes on suburban forest preserve trailsJan 22, 2024 6:23 am - Once the weather breaks, trail users in the Lake County forest preserve system could have more company with the removal of a ban on some electric bicycles. The forest pre...
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Recapping the year in birding: Local watchers experienced some mind-bending sightings in 2023Jan 17, 2024 6:46 am - For birders, the word invasion usually refers to birds from the north coming south. We treasure the occasional winters when large numbers of fleeting species such as cros...
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Suburban Mosaic: 5 Illinois teens among top science talent in nationJan 15, 2024 9:10 am - Five Illinois teens are among 300 students from across the country selected as the most promising young scientists and named scholars in the Regeneron Science Talent Sear...
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Lake County Audubon Society organizes winter bird watching seriesJan 05, 2024 8:51 pm - Lake County Audubon Society’s new bird watching series, called Bird Lake County, kicks off today with a visit to North Point Marina and socializing over coffee afterward ...