Variety
August 10, 2018
Brothers Ryan and Robert Hlucny of the Greenbush Middle River robotics team cheer their score during competition at the world championship.

Filmmaker got 'in the zone' for documentary on robotics team from tiny Minn. town

"Small Town Robot" was inspired by the winning robotics team from tiny Greenbush, Minn.
Science
August 10, 2018

Health briefs: Too much alcohol or none at all increase risk of dementia

Science
August 10, 2018

Science briefs: Largest king penguin colony drops by 90 percent

Local
August 9, 2018
U of M reports breakthrough on 3D printing for spinal repairs

U of M reports breakthrough on 3D printing for spinal repairs

Animal and human tests are needed, but Minnesota engineers have addressed a key hurdle in using stem cells.
Business
August 9, 2018

Chlorpyrifos in Minnesota

Variety
August 7, 2018
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Geoff Urban, an educational assistant at the Belwin Conservancy, shows St. Paul Public School

Kids learn through discovery with citizen science apps, as do the teachers

Science apps get students interested in science and help teachers change up curriculum.
West Metro
August 6, 2018
A common bumblebee at Lone Lake Park. Habitat for the rusty patched bumblebee could be affected by proposed bike trails.

Trail plan in Minnetonka pits bikes against endangered bees

A plan to add mountain bike trails at Minnetonka's Lone Lake Park worries naturalists concerned about the fate of the rusty patched bumblebee.
Local
August 4, 2018
Potato producer R.D. Offutt is is backing away from a controversial expansion just south of the Mississippi River headwaters after regulators insisted

Grower drops pine-to-potato expansion near Lake Itasca

R.D. Offutt, a major supplier for McDonald's French fries, said the state's decision to seek an environmental study seems to be targeted regulation that will force it to take its business out of state.
Science
August 4, 2018

Health briefs: National parks, breathtaking and polluted

Science
August 4, 2018
Ingentia prima had an improved, avian-like respiratory system with developed cervical air sacs, shown in green. Its lungs are shown in brown.

New discoveries of our wild, wild world

New insights into gigantic dinosaurs, koalas and a type of snail.
Science
August 4, 2018
Valerie Wilmington, 61, poses for a portrait outside of her home on Saturday, June 23, 2018, in Chicago. Wilmington has been struggling with her cance

Neighborhood may matter more than race in breast cancer survival rates

It may matter more than race in survival disparity.
Science
August 4, 2018

Science briefs: Birds race to mating grounds because of global warming, arrive exhausted

Science
August 4, 2018
This man was smoking on the curb between Lake St next to Lake Calhoun North Beach as a courtesy to other people at the park. Smoking is already not al

Behavioral health facilities in Minnesota snuff out smoking on campus

Minnesota has lagged the nation in smoke-free mental health facilities.
Business
August 1, 2018
In this Oct. 20, 2015 photo, employees ride company bicycles outside Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) ORG X

Inside Google's shadow workforce of contract laborers

Contract employees often do similar tasks at Google, but for less pay and fewer benefits.
Science
July 28, 2018

Popular HealthPartners club offering poetry, yoga is expanding

The concept is based on the University of Minnesota's Citizen Health Care model.
Science
July 26, 2018

Science briefs: Huge iceberg threatens tiny village in Greenland

Science
July 26, 2018

Hurricanes fell silent as African dust clouded U.S. skies

Stable, dry air is like adding sand to a cake recipe.
Science
July 26, 2018

Health briefs: Effect of baby aspirin varies based on weight

Science
July 26, 2018

Palliative sedation for end-of-life is legal but still raises questions

Palliative sedation has been administered since the hospice care movement began in the 1960s and is legal everywhere.
Science
July 26, 2018
Signs that read “Vegas Strong” can be seen all around Las Vegas. “Certain things trigger em

First responders often suffer in solitude after horrific disasters

Emotional tolls magnify as they seem inescapable.

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