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Wolf pups at Ely center acclimate to people while helping advance scientific research
Cedar and Rowan, the two newest wolf pups at Ely’s International Wolf Center, are stars of science in two research studies before they’re integrated into the center’s wolf pack that’s on display. 
Supreme Court says Trump’s efforts to close the Education Department can continue
The Trump administration had appealed a decision that had directed it to stop gutting the U.S. Education Department and to reinstate many of the workers the government had laid off.
Duluth EPA staffers put on leave for signing on to letter of ‘dissent’ critical of Trump administration
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has placed up to six employees of the agency’s Duluth research lab on administrative leave for signing their names to the “declaration of dissent,” pending an investigation.
Hungary’s oldest library is fighting to save 100,000 books from a beetle infestation
Restoration workers are removing about 100,000 handbound books from their shelves and carefully placing them in crates, the start of a disinfection process that aims to kill the tiny beetles.
With social prescribing, hanging out, movement and arts are doctor’s order
Doctors are writing “social prescriptions” to get people engaged with nature, art, movement and volunteering. Research shows it can help with mental health, chronic disease and dementia.