Science
August 12, 2016

Are you healthier if you're happy? HealthPartners aims to find out

Local
August 10, 2016
Exceptional meteor shower could be invisible to most in Minnesota

Exceptional meteor shower could be invisible to most in Minnesota

Outdoors
August 8, 2016
Minnesota researchers are netting and tracking bats in the hopes of fending off the effects of white-nose syndrome, a lethal disease killing populatio

Minnesota bats are caught in a fast-moving, deadly epidemic

A night out with state researchers, who are netting and tracking a species of bat in hopes of saving some of them from an infectious disease called white-nose syndrome.
Science
August 4, 2016

Science briefs: Dark matter eludes sensitive detector

Science
August 4, 2016

Health briefs: Cancerous chemicals in e-cigarette vapor

Business
August 3, 2016
In an undated handout image, an artistís conception of Moon Expressís MX-1 lander on the moon. Moon Express, based in Cape Canaveral, Fla.,

California startup gets FAA approval to put robotic lander on the moon

Variety
August 3, 2016
In an infamous scene from the 1989 movie "When Harry Met Sally," Meg Ryan fakes an orgasm. In a new study, scientists suggest that orgasms triggered t

Why do women have orgasms? The science behind 'I'll have what she's having'

It's a question that has stumped the greatest scientific minds throughout history: Why do women have orgasms?
Local
July 30, 2016
Jerry Leight helped lift his wife Linda Leight up so that she could get into her motorized scooter for some time outside, Friday, July 29, 2016 in New

Two years later, Ice Bucket Challenge yields hope for Minnesotans with ALS

People who had waited a year or more for gear to help them live more independently can now get a key piece of equipment delivered within days.
Science
July 30, 2016

Health briefs: Cutting kids' sugar helps their hearts

Science
July 30, 2016

Science briefs: Human eye can detect a single photo

Science
July 28, 2016
Thelma, a lab rat, pursues cereal on a sequential learning track used to measure activity in the cortex and hippocampus at the Kavli Institute for Sys

Lawrence Livermore technology offers hope for end of animal testing

Science
July 28, 2016
Children who survived car wrecks were more likely to suffer complications, and teens were more likely to die and undergo surgeries, if taken to adult

Why children fare better in pediatric centers, not adult centers, after car wrecks

World
July 26, 2016
Bertrand Piccard, right, and Andre Borschberg, left, the pilots of the Solar Impulse 2 plane, celebrate in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday, J

26,750 miles, zero fuel: Historic solar flight completes first round-the-world journey

In a first, men complete global trip in solar plane.
Nation
July 25, 2016
Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., speaks during the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , Monday, July 25, 2016. (AP Photo/J. Sco

'Don't let anyone tell you that this country isn't great'

Nation
July 25, 2016

Notes from the campaign trail

Nation
July 25, 2016

Tuesday's speakers highlights at the Democratic National Convention

Science
July 23, 2016

Science briefs: Botanists find 11,000-plus Amazon tree species and counting

Science
July 23, 2016

Health briefs: Hot lines help predict dengue outbreaks faster

Science
July 21, 2016
Matthew Husby, 9, points to the gastrostomy tube on his teddy bear that is similar to the one he has inserted in his stomach. (Heidi de Marco/Kaiser H

Doctors get creative to distract tech-savvy kids before surgery

Science
July 21, 2016

U researcher sends cells to be studied in space

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