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Briefing: North Dakota revenues on track, but face uncertainty due to oil price volatility

Strategic angle: North Dakota's financial outlook remains positive, yet oil price fluctuations pose significant risks.

Briefing: Ancient climate records reveal a wetter Levant that may have guided early humans out of Africa

Strategic angle: A new study suggests that historical weather patterns in the Levant played a crucial role in human migration.

Editorial Staff Mar 18

Life

Briefing: Plant survival under three simultaneous stressors may hinge on a single protein

Strategic angle: Researchers at the University of Missouri have discovered certain proteins may be the key to saving plants' lives when multiple stressors hit at the same time.

Editorial Staff Mar 18

Money

Briefing: State fines Northshore Mining for repeated spills

Strategic angle: Duluth News Tribune reports on the penalties imposed on Northshore Mining for environmental violations.

Editorial Staff Mar 18

Life

Briefing: Is glass a solid or a super slow liquid?

Strategic angle: Physicists create equilibrium glassy phase from rod-shaped particles, challenging traditional views on glass behavior.

Editorial Staff Mar 18

Travel

Briefing: 'Never Done This In My Life': Dealership Quotes BMW Driver $300 To Fix Spark Plugs. He Decides To Take Matters Into His Own Hands

Strategic angle: 'Put ngk spark plugs in man not the a premium.'

Editorial Staff Mar 18

Life

Briefing: Rocket Lab wins $190 million Pentagon deal for hypersonic test flights

Strategic angle: The contract is for 20 hypersonic flight missions over four years.

Editorial Staff Mar 18

Politics

Briefing: Are US soldiers really "refusing orders" to fight in Iran war?

Strategic angle: Rumors of American soldiers refusing to fight in Iran lack evidence, despite rising concerns.

Editorial Staff Mar 18

Politics

Briefing: US Fed raises inflation outlook over 'uncertain' Iran war impact

Strategic angle: Due to an 'uncertain' economic outlook because of the war in Iran, the Fed has raised its inflation outlook.

Editorial Staff Mar 18

Life

Briefing: Dolls beat tablets at building social understanding, six-week study suggests

Strategic angle: Research indicates that playing with dolls fosters empathy and social skills in children more effectively than tablets.

Editorial Staff Mar 18