Local
Minnesota lawmaker proposes tougher laws on distracted driving
Efforts to toughen state laws stalled in the Legislature this year.
Local
Twin Cities drone hobbyists a small but growing group
MnDOT steps in to help train drone users to fly safely.
Local
Remains of Korean War serviceman from Willmar to be returned to Minnesota
The remains of Army Master Sgt. Carl H. Lindquist had been marked "Unknown" and buried in a Hawaii military cemetery.
Science
Invisible women, lost girls hide in plain sight on the autism spectrum
Many hide in plain sight, with behavior not fully accepted but enough to elude diagnosis. That can mean decades of confusion and hardship.
Local
Minnesota issues long-delayed pollution permit for Minntac tailings basin
State says it will protect nearby lakes and streams, but environmentalists call the permit inadequate.
Inspired
From city halls to State Capitol, Minnesota youths lead the charge on climate
Across Minnesota, students are springing into action to combat climate change — and pushing their local governments to do the same.
Science
Doctors seek to restore livers rejected for transplant
Doctors are testing new ways to restore rejected donor livers.
Science
Dilemma over e-cigarettes, the new hazardous waste
What do you do with products that are part-recyclable, part harmful?
Science
Fairview offers new strategy on workplace stress and mental health
Health system is cutting out the middleman with direct-to-employer access to therapists.
World
China halts work by team on gene-edited babies
China's government ordered a halt Thursday to work by a medical team that claimed to have helped make the world's first gene-edited babies, as a group of leading scientists declared that it's still too soon to try to make permanent changes to DNA that can be inherited by future generations.
World
Margaret Thatcher considered for British bank note for her contribution – to science
Before she was prime minister, she was a research chemist at a food company in the late 1940s, playing a disputed but much-discussed role in the history of ice cream.
Inspired
Ann Bancroft Foundation's new director wants girls to dream big
She's only weeks into her role, but Katie Lauer has been preparing for the job much of her life.
Business
Senators want to stop 'Grinch bots' that scoop up toys online
New legislation seeks to block third-party systems from gaming the online sales systems of major retailers to buy out inventory and then resell it.
Science
Tiniest ape ever discovered hints at the rise of the monkeys
Dwarfed by today's gorillas, chimpanzees and orangutans, the miniature ape was possibly a casualty of natural selection.
Science and Technology
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