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Pediatricians recommend a dose of play for healthy kids
It's a prescription for healthy development and success, the doctors say.
World
Great Barrier Reef shows 'signs of recovery,' report says
It has "significant capacity to recover" from bleaching.
Local
Sept. 7: Feds reopen mining exploration near BWCA
The mining industry won a major victory in Minnesota when the federal government lifted a controversial stay on minerals exploration in the area just outside the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
Science
Science
Why your mother's age may be the key to longevity
A lot of factors go into total life expectancy. This effect of long-lived parents adds an additional calculation.
Business
Semis, the last bastion of stick shifts, are going automated
Some drivers lament change, but most new semis automated.
Science
'It's sacred work': How hospice workers deal with death
As intense and exhausting as hospice care is, you seldom hear any caregivers describe the job as grim or dispiriting.
Science
Medical groups call for new focus on moms as U.S. maternity deaths climb
According to estimates, every year 700 U.S. women die within one year of giving birth as a result of related complications.
Science
Science
Bone marrow transplants, a U medical breakthrough, celebrate 50th anniversary
As doctors reflected on the anniversary of one of the U's signature achievements, they expressed equal excitement about the progress ahead.
South Metro
Blanding's turtle babies discovered in Dakota County park
Eleven hatchlings, each the size of a silver dollar, were found Tuesday by park officials.
Science
Local
Minn. officials say new Fargo flood plan is more equitable
A new proposal to manage floods on the Red River would reduce the highest levels that could flow through Fargo-Moorhead, but not eliminate them altogether, according to state officials.
Local
Twin Cities STEM teachers are facing pay challenges
A Star Tribune analysis reveals that Twin Cities STEM teachers make less than many other kinds of teachers.
St. Paul
Their mission: Identify and bury Minnesota's historic human remains
"My goal is to not leave them sitting in a drawer for another 10 years. They need to be put to rest," Amanda Gronhovd, who took over as state archaeologist two years ago, said of the Historical Human Remains Project.
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