When Michael Keck was hospitalized with a heart infection at 25 years old, he asked his wife to donate his brain to a brain bank for research when he died. Keck had dropped out of college when he started failing courses, started verbally and physically abusing his wife, had trouble staying awake during the day or eating as much as usual, and generally felt unworthy.

Native American activist Syd Beane explains the Minneapolis lake's name change. Syd Beane, a descendent of Europeans as well as the Dakota people, moved to Minnesota more than a decade ago and is part of the effort to change the name permanently. “Lake Calhoun is where our [ancestor] Cloud Man established a village.

Minnesota schools, legislation, and organizations help feed kids nourishing meals. When I first visited Minneapolis Public Schools nearly a decade ago to choose one for my kids, I was appalled by the cafeteria choices: sugar-saturated cereals for breakfast, pre-packaged French Toast “stix” with syrup for lunch, and chocolate- or strawberry-flavored milk.

The blacklegged ticks that transmit Lyme disease are now established in twice as many counties as the last nationwide survey showed, back in 1998. Now, almost half of U.S. counties have reported the ticks, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey released today. The numbers correlate with an upsurge in Lyme disease: in 2013, the CDC announced that the disease was probably 10 times as prevalent as previous estimates, affecting about 300,000 Americans per year.

A special administrator will manage Prince’s estate for the next few months, a judge here decided on Monday, as questions continue to arise about the size of the musician’s fortune and to whom it will be distributed. Relatives and their lawyers — along with a throng of reporters — packed the Carver County probate court for the first hearing on the estate of Prince, who may have died without a will.

For Bob Dylan, the nagging question of whether his songs qualify as literature was settled for good on Saturday at the Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm — and his presence was not required to make the case. As the always-slippery folk singer forewarned, he was not there to receive the 2016 prize in literature, but he sent a warm, humble statement accepting the honor, which was read by Azita Raji, the American ambassador to Sweden, at an evening banquet in Stockholm.

Back in 1975, Minnesota was the first state to adopt a Clean Indoor Air Act, launching anti-smoking efforts that put us at the cutting edge of tobacco control. Now Minnesota is at the forefront of preventing another epidemic—obesity—using a uniquely granular, data-driven approach to fighting fat.

When Claire Roufs enrolled at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, she expected to have the typical college experience, filled with parties and late-night cram sessions. In the long term, Roufs imagined a similarly run-of-the-mill American life for herself: A steady job as an accountant, a husband, a few kids.

Flights from the San Francisco airport (SFO) to Bemidji (BJI) usually cost $100 to $300 more than those from the San Francisco airport to the closest hub, Minneapolis (MSP).

The last thing Briana Scurry remembers about her soccer career is crouching to pick up a ball rolling toward the goal. Although she can’t remember what happened next, the former U.S. National Team and Anoka High School goalkeeper—winner of the 1999 World Cup and two Olympic gold medals—has seen the replays.

Ramped up your fitness routine recently? The benefits may extend beyond your own health. "When it comes to physical fitness, the best peer pressure to get moving could be coming from the person who sits across from you at the breakfast table," Laura Cobb, a Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health doctoral student and co-author of the research, said in a press release.

It’s a question that’s been pondered by philosophers for thousands of years, but only recently have researchers set out to quantify the answer: Is beauty in the eye of the beholder? A study out today in Cell Biology offers insight into two aspects of that question: first, it finds that we tend to agree on which faces are attractive about 50 percent of the time.

Which would you click on: a story about a threatening bacteria called carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) producing OXA-48-like carbapenemases or one about a scary germ headlined the Phantom Menace? Unless you’re a microbiologist, we’re guessing you chose the Star Wars-inspired term. In fact, they refer to the same bacteria: a potentially devastating superbug that is resistant to antibiotics — and spreading in the United States.

What if exercise could make all areas of your brain better able to learn, heal and change — in a sense, younger? A small study published today published in the journal Current Biology suggests that it might do just that. Previous research has shown that exercise may improve how the brain operates in high-level brain functions such as memory and thinking skills, areas that remain flexible throughout life.

European countries require warning labels on foods containing certain dyes. Why isn’t the Food and Drug Administration doing the same? Food blogger Vani Hari (a.k.a. the Food Babe) is not a big fan of the artificial dyes that permeate such items as flavored yogurt, canned white frosting, and grocery-store meats.

Quick: Do 3×4 jumping jacks. That type of strategy may help kids learn multiplication facts and spelling more quickly, a new study published in the journal Pediatrics shows.