About four years into her dissertation research, University neuroscience student Lois Kehl's investigation into pain-transmitting neurons took a surprising turn. In the study published in today's Science...

MA'RIB, Yemen (AP) -- When American diplomat Haynes Mahoney landed in the lair of Yemeni kidnappers, he was greeted with neither ransom demand nor brandished Kalashnikov. Instead, a poem was recited in...

Golf has been a major part of sophomore men's golfer Bill Thompson's life since he was a toddler. He got his first set of golf clubs when he was just 4 years old and grew up playing with current PGA competitor...

Student government revolutionaries Derek Shemon and Jason Strid were executed in the polls Thursday, finishing a distant third in the Minnesota Student Association presidential race. The dark horse candidates...

Deferred maintenance -- a euphemistic term for years of neglect -- has left the University with a backlog of building repairs and renovations. The amount of money the University needs to bring decaying...

Ross Loel, who helped the men's tennis team win four straight Big Ten championships from 1992-95, stopped by to check in on his former team last week. When he was around, Loel asked to see the bracket...

A dejected Elmo sat in scorn as creatures all around him frolicked in the spring air. It was partly cloudy, and the high would be around 60 today. The beautiful weather of late had summoned life out of...

Boy, my brain hurts today. I'm just not sure which ticket to vote for in the Minnesota Student Association elections. Let's see. Should I vote for the people who want to fight for "progressive justice?"...

Before the start of the Gophers men's golf team's spring campaign, this season figured to be one to remember. But with the conclusion of its spring competitions looming near, Minnesota would like to forget...

Minnesota Student Association presidential hopefuls Corey Donovan and Jigar Madia found they had similar ideas about the best places to do some last-minute campaigning Wednesday. Madia, who stood outside...