Researchers have released CSOMA, an open-source MATLAB toolkit that uses a competition-based swarm algorithm to solve ...

News that the U.S. national debt has reached $40 trillion has produced the usual chest-thumping angst over what to do about it. Reduce spending. Cut Medicare and ...

Thursday, July 9, was a perfect day in northern Minnesota: temps in the high 70s Fahrenheit, a slight breeze, and a bluebird sky. I checked the forecast—hot, sunny, and dry—before turning off my phone ...

Forest Service officials closed shuttered public access to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) on July 14 due to surging wildfires across Minnesota. The decision is part of a 3.9 million ...

The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness will close on Tuesday as wildfires burn amid an active heat wave in northern Minnesota. Visitors with overnight paddle, overnight motor and overnight hiking ...

“If you are a mathematician,” one of the world’s leading mathematicians recently wrote, “you may want to make sure you are sitting down before reading further.” And you’ll definitely need to sit down ...

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The Kawishiwi River flows June 12, 2019, near Ely, Minn. Twin Metals is proposing to build an underground copper-nickel mine near Ely, Minn. and close to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

A proposed copper mine in northern Minnesota has become a battleground for politicians and environmentalists — and a pressing reason to explore the waterways. The Boundary Waters is the most heavily ...

The Senate on Thursday voted to repeal Biden-era protections for a contentious wilderness area in Minnesota, sending the question to President Trump’s desk. The Senate voted 50-49 to overturn a ...

The Senate on Thursday overturned a mining moratorium in Minnesota's Superior National Forest, a boon for a Chilean mining conglomerate Antofagasta. The chamber voted 50-49 to overturn a 20-year ...

A core sample awaits examination and logging Thursday morning at Twin Metals' Ely, Minn. offices, in this 2012 file photo. The U.S. Senate has voted to overturn a 20-year ban on mining on about 350 ...