Science and Technology

Duluth

July 31, 2019

An aerial view shows flooding triggered by a dam collapse near Brumadinho, Brazil, Friday, Jan. 25, 2019. Brazilian mining company Vale SA said it did

PolyMet critics say firm relied on engineer connected to mine dam failure in Brazil

It's cited in the argument in the Minnesota Court of Appeals, which is deciding a challenge to mining permits granted to PolyMet by Minnesota regulators.

Business

July 30, 2019

In this Nov. 1, 2018 photo, Laurel Foster looks at Instagram in San Francisco. App developers say as teens scroll through Instagram and Snapchat, tap

Young Instagram users give up privacy in search of more metrics

Price for getting more viewers is greater than many teens know.

Minneapolis

July 29, 2019

(From left) Pastor Roosevelt Williams, Analyah Schlaeger dos Santos, Khloe Davis and Makayla Freeman pose for a portrait among the solar panels on the

Minneapolis Foundation's new fund helps three nonprofits address climate change in low-income neighborhoods

Grants will fund energy audits, car-sharing promotion and other community efforts.

Science

July 27, 2019

Beth Holbrook retrieves a cisco from a net the biologists set to determine the depth where the fish live.

As lakes warm, race is on to save Minnesota's cold-water fish

As lakes warm, scientists hope to nurture refuge waters for tiny cisco, a key food for game fish

Science

July 27, 2019

Science briefs: Winners who win, even unfairly, still get put in the win column

Science

July 26, 2019

Scientists say they found cure for HIV for some mice

It's an achievement the scientists say could be a step toward a cure for humans.

Science

July 26, 2019

A stethoscope sits on an examination table in an exam room at a Community Clinic health center in Takoma Park, Md. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by And

U, Mayo researchers link doctor burnout to bias

While numerous studies have examined racial disparities in health care, and physician burnout, few had established a link between the two.

Science

July 26, 2019

New weapons against cancer: Bacteria programmed to kill

This microbial Trojan Horse could one day target cancer cells without flooding the body full of medicine that cause side effects.

July 25, 2019

Franky Zapata, "Le Rocketman", a 40-year-old inventor, performs a training flight over the Saint Inglevert airport near Calais, Northern France, Wedne

Air-board inventor makes it more than halfway across Channel

Looking like a superhero, the French inventor of an airborne hoverboard glided partway over the English Channel on his personal flying machine then crashed in the sea Thursday.

Science

July 25, 2019

Health briefs: Cutting just 300 calories can improve health

Science

July 25, 2019

Men face tough choices in treating prostate cancer. A Penn study strengthens the link between hormone therapy and dementia. (Dreamstime/TNS)

Hormone therapy for prostate cancer tied to dementia risk

The large study from Penn Medicine makes decisions even harder about a level of treatment often added for men with aggressive or metastatic prostate cancer.

July 24, 2019

FILE -- Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, at a Senate hearing in Washington, April 10, 2018. (Tom Brenner/The New York Times)

Record Facebook fine won't end scrutiny of the company

Facebook survived its latest brush with U.S. privacy regulators, at the cost of a record $5 billion fine and other restrictions imposed by the Federal Trade Commission. But it's far from home free.

West Metro

July 23, 2019