Replaced by machines

Legend has it that John Henry, a “steel-driving man,” once battled head to head with a steam-powered rock drilling machine to see which was superior, man or machine. Henry won, but it was a Pyrrhic victory. Upon winning his race against the revolutionary technology, Henry dropped dead, his heart giving out from stress.

By Jason Busch

Rite of spring

People seem to have their own definitions of when spring begins, whether it’s the first glimpse of a robin, the first crack of a baseball, or tulips popping through the soil.

By Jan Wilson

Ventilator production boosted in Madison

As the nation faces an acute shortage of ventilators to treat patients with COVID-19, GE Healthcare’s Madison plant is adding manufacturing lines and increasing shifts to increase production of ventilators.