Science
How an off-hand remark sparked a breakneck collaboration to stop the Zika virus
An off-hand remark sparked one of the most significant findings in understanding the Zika virus and has lead to a breakneck collaboration among scientists around the country to help stop the raging crisis.
Science
Technology helps to find a teen's silenced voice
Diagnosed with autism in infancy and unable to talk since then, Ben Alexander communicates by typing.
St. Paul
NASA gives $14.5M to Science Museum to help promote space science
The St. Paul museum will help inspire the next generation, officials say.
West Metro
Review of 14,000 Minnesota criminal convictions finds no exonerations
Two cases, including Billy Glaze's, are still being checked.
Science
Truth is, most of us lie all the time
More than two decades of research show we learned to deceive as toddlers, telling little white lies daily that make others feel good.
Science
Christie's holds an out-of-this-world sale: 76 meteorites
One of the offerings — a 342-pound stony meteorite found in northwest Africa in 2011 — sold for $105,939.
Politics
Wolves on Isle Royale down to a last, aging pair
The last two wolves on Isle Royale are so old and closely inbred that they are unlikely to successfully reproduce.
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