St. Louis-based biotechnology company is developing sunflower as a production system for natural rubber used in defense and civilian aviation.

The new exhibit at the Foundry Art Centre asked artists from around the world to reflect on themselves and create self portraits.

Remnants is the newest exhibit at Art Saint Louis. This all media exhibition features works that are comprised of remnants of other materials or past works.

In Jennifer Robson’s “Our Darkest Night,” a young Jewish woman in WW2 Italy agrees to pose as a Christian farmer’s wife to survive the Holocaust.

HEC Media’s Spotlight program airs every Sunday at 9:30 a.m. on Channel 11, and showcases St. Louis’ finest contributions to art, education, and culture. In this week’s episode hear from Civil Rights icons Dr. Melba Pattillo Beals and Frankie Muse Freeman, discover hopeful messages being spread around St. Louis, learn about what a ‘pink cast study’ reveals about the brain, enjoy the art of John Garrett at Duane Reed Gallery, and learn how Opera Theatre plans to get back to nature in 2021.

At just 12 years old, Mikey Wren is a best-selling author and youngest vending machine owner in the country.

Prolific author Robert B. Parker died in 2010 but his iconic Boston private eye, Spenser, lives on in his popular detective series by crime writer, Ace Atkins.