A recent study involving MU researchers found that wetland sanctuaries, including many Missouri wetlands, are seeing plenty of use from migratory waterfowl. Researchers captured 20 female mallards in...

Humans use only 10 percent of their cranial capacity, and if they were to ever access a larger percent of that potential, crazy things would happen. So says the movie “science” behind the Scarlett...

The first question the founders of The Riveter, a one-year-old longform magazine, are often asked about their creation is: _Why?_ Why, when you can’t read more than 500 words in the paper without seeing...

Athletics and pageants really aren’t all too different. They both require skill, precision, practice and a definite level of competition. Last week, sophomore Brittani Batye channeled the perseverance...

“The Purge: Anarchy” recently hit theaters, bringing the same gruesome and deathly action as its prequel, 2012’s “The Purge.” The premise of “Anarchy” is very similar to that of its predecessor,...

MU Libraries received a $400,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to help cover the cost of remediation and replacement of books damaged by an [off-site mold outbreak discovered in February](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2014/2/12/mold-destroys-600000-library-books/). The...

Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin announced Thursday that Ellen de Graffenreid will serve as MU’s new vice chancellor of marketing and communications. De Graffenreid is the vice president for communications...