Science

Vote to reject Iran nuclear deal fails, handing victory to Obama
The final vote tally was 58-42. Following the vote, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blasted his Democratic colleagues, asking why they are protecting the president from having to issue a veto.
Strong chance of Northern Lights tonight across Minnesota
The Space Weather Prediction Center is predicting Northern Lights tonight after midnight with a peak between 3 a.m. and dawn.
Bright spots on dwarf planet Ceres 'gleam with mystery,' NASA says
New images of the dwarf planet Ceres give fresh detail to its most intriguing features: a cluster of bright spots that are intensely different from anything else on Ceres' surface.
In loaded launch event, new Apple TV may merit closest look
While Apple's new phones and tablet mostly follow the faster-bigger-sharper formula, Apple TV's voice functionality and app ecosystem could be a breakthrough.
South African cave yields strange bones of early human-like species
Deep inside a rocky chamber, reached by a narrow crevice, researchers found more than 1,500 fossilized bones of what may be the gravesite of a creature never before identified by science.
Officials are investigating two years of state water quality testing, including data connected to water systems in Edina, St. Louis Park and Brooklyn Center. Officials say there's no immediate health risk.
Stonehenge has a new (old) neighbor: Row of huge stones found nearby
In the biggest find yet in a project to map the landscape near Stonehenge, researchers have found a row of up to 90 standing stones -- some of them nearly 15 feet tall.
Warning calls decoded: Squirrels take up bird alarms to foil the enemy
It can take more than just a keen ear to figure out what animals are saying. Sometimes, scientists are learning, you have to talk back to map the rich networks of conversation in a forest.