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Good afternoon! NASA was looking for help from the public in solving a very specific challenge: How to deal with poop in a spacesuit. It sounds funny, but unmet toilet needs could have life or death consequences for an astronaut in an emergency situation. The winners of the "Space Poop Challenge" included doctors, a dentist, a product designer and an engineer. | Forecast
 

New autism research from the U of M could lead to early detection

A 12-year study isolated changes in the brains of children who later developed autism. Using MRI scans, researchers were able to predict the diagnosis in a small group of high-risk children. | Fact check: Trump's iffy grasp on autism research

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13 Minnesota chefs, 2 restaurants among James Beard semifinalists

Two restaurants and more than a dozen chefs from Minnesota eateries are in the running for the "Oscars of the food world."

Hey, Mr. President: It's time to make spellcheck great again

Just nitpicking? Does it really matter? "It really goes to the heart of credibility," says Sue Burzynski Bullard, a board member at the American Copy Editors Society and a professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Yahoo issues new security warning to users

Yahoo is warning users of potentially malicious activity on their accounts between 2015 and 2016.


 
 

Pipeline exec compares Dakota Access protesters to terrorists

Joey Mahmoud, executive vice president of Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners, is comparing pipeline opponents to terrorists. | FAQ

Senate votes to block rule on guns and mentally impaired

The Republican-led Senate has voted to block an Obama-era regulation that would prevent an estimated 75,000 people with mental disorders from being able to purchase a firearm.

Watch: 'I'd like to see you hold back on settlements,' Trump tells Netanyahu

Recent remarks by senior White House officials seemed to signal a possible shift in the long-held U.S. view that a two-state solution is integral to peace negotiations.

How "moral courage" can help fix polarization in politics, faith

Irshad Manji, founder of the Moral Courage Project at the University of Southern California, spoke Tuesday in Minneapolis at the Westminster Town Hall Forum about how to heal to heal polarization in the U.S.

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