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Medical accounts of red wine headaches go back to Roman times, but the experience is likely as old as winemaking—something like 10,000 years. As chemists specializing in winemaking, we wanted to try to figure out the source of these headaches. Many components of red wine have been accused of causing this misery—sulfites, biogenic amines, and tannin are the most popular.

Diners at Sweetgreen in Willis Tower, get ready to meet the chef of the future: a robot that makes your salad to order. The California-based chain is launching its automated Infinite Kitchen system this week at the busy Loop restaurant, putting an assembly line of robotic chefs to work preparing bowls of everything from Kale Caesar to Hummus Crunch. Early rollouts of the technology at nearly a dozen locations nationwide have shown promising results delivering food faster – and perhaps better – by going from farm-to-machine-to-table, according to Nicolas Jammet, a co-founder and chief concept officer at Sweetgreen. “I think the quality of the bowl, of the food, is actually better because each ingredient is held at the perfect temperature, perfect portion, perfect ratios, the greens are crisper,” Jammet said.

If you're looking to buy a TV in 2025, you may be disappointed by the types of advancements TV brands will be prioritizing in the new year. While there's an audience of enthusiasts interested in developments in tech like OLED, QDEL, and Micro LED, plus other features like transparency and improved audio, that doesn't appear to be what the industry is focused on. Today's TV selection has a serious dependency on advertisements and user tracking.

Instead of buying an annual plant destined to die, make building this Lego version a new holiday tradition.

Fonseca Nutrition, a café offering healthy food and beverage options, opened recently in Harvey next to an auto shop and a vacant lot on Halsted Street. Owner Lizbeth Guzman-Fonseca said opening the Harvey location was no easy task. After six months navigating the approval process, including receiving her business license just days earlier, she held a soft opening Dec.

Long-running plans to revamp Chicago’s Union Station are poised to take a step forward in 2025, as Amtrak prepares to begin modernizing and boosting capacity at the commuter and intercity rail hub. But the construction marks only one step of Amtrak’s plans to overhaul parts of the station. The railroad, which owns Union Station, still needs to line up more funding for the rest of the work, a prospect that could face questions with a new presidential administration set to take office. Plans for Union Station include rehabbing old, abandoned platforms that once served trains carrying U.