Missouri Botanical Garden is training AI with hyperspectral, space‑grade scans to identify herbarium specimens. The $14.4M RSI project aims to speed IDs and boost conservation work.

St. Louis County Health Department offers tips for accurate home blood pressure monitoring, stressing the importance of avoiding certain activities before taking a measurement and maintaining proper posture and cuff placement for reliable results.

A Mizzou team combined three AI models and trained them on hundreds of thousands of photos to flag melanoma with roughly 92% accuracy in tests. The work is pitched as decision support, not a replacement for doctors.

A developer pitched a $2 billion AI center for East St. Louis, promising jobs, retail space and river‑based cooling while asking for community support. The plan is still early and would need city approval.

The Northern Lights were visible over St. Louis due to a severe G4 geomagnetic storm. Optimal viewing was in areas with low light pollution. NOAA warned of infrastructure risks due to the storm, and another potential G3 storm was forecasted.

UMSL's Becky Hansis-O’Neill studies tarantula growth patterns, diet, and ecosystem roles, aiming to shift perceptions of these spiders from horror stereotypes to creatures with ecological importance.

The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office is recruiting for various scientific positions, emphasizing DNA or Drug Chemistry expertise, with salaries up to $135,000.

Saint Louis County introduced naloxone vending machines to combat opioid overdoses, reporting a decrease in related deaths for the third consecutive year.

University of Missouri studies indicate that seed treatments alone are inadequate for managing soybean cyst nematode (SCN); diversified strategies are essential.

The St. Charles County all-civilian CSI team utilizes technological advancements to improve its high clearance rate of criminal cases, and looks forward to future innovations.