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Hello, nihonium: Scientists name 4 new elements on the periodic table

Hello, nihonium: Scientists name 4 new elements on the periodic table

The new superheavy, radioactive elements were added to the periodic table last year but given temporary and unremarkable names: ununtrium, ununpentium, ununseptium and ununoctoium.

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Fossils suggest island life shrank our 'Hobbit' relatives

Fossils suggest island life shrank our 'Hobbit' relatives

Scientists say tiny bones dating back 700,000 years on the Indonesian island of Flores shine new light on how these mysterious, 3-foot-tall creatures got that way.
by Christopher Joyce

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Mayo Clinic touts planned bio-research campus

Mayo Clinic is starting the process of finding a developer for Discovery Square. It will be a big bio-research campus, part of the Destination Medical Center. Tom Weber talked with Mayo's President and CEO, Dr. John Noseworthy.
by MPR News Staff

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Watch: Mosquitoes use 6 needles to suck your blood

Watch: Mosquitoes use 6 needles to suck your blood

Beyond pesky, mosquitoes kill hundreds of thousands of people worldwide each year. And the bites aren't random. A mouth packed with sensors, drills, spears and straws guides the bug to blood.

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UVA, UVB and SPF: How does sunscreen work?

UVA, UVB and SPF: How does sunscreen work?

Physical sunblocks and chemical sunscreens use two different methods to protect skin from the sun's powerful UV radiation.
by Gitanjali Raman

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Coding while black: Hacking the future of the tech industry

Coding while black: Hacking the future of the tech industry

Silicon Valley has a diversity problem, with many tech companies employing a tiny number of African-Americans in key jobs. In Atlanta, black techies are working to diversify the industry's future.
by Tasnim Shamma

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She's a man-eater, and that's OK with male orb-weaving spiders

She's a man-eater, and that's OK with male orb-weaving spiders

Usually in nature, the females choose the males they mate with. But researchers say a type of male orb-weaving spider selects the female -- which will cannibalize him afterward.

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Coming soon to Twitter: More room to tweet

Coming soon to Twitter: More room to tweet

In coming months, photos, videos and other media won't count against what is now a 140-character limit.
by The Associated Press

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Friday Roundtable: Neuroscience

NewsCut blogger Bob Collins spoke with three neuroscientists about how they got into the field, what is known about the brain and what's next the frontier of brain research.
by MPR News Staff

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Auditor: University of Minnesota human research reforms on track

Auditor: University of Minnesota human research reforms on track

A year after issuing a stinging criticism of how University of Minnesota researchers dealt with human test subjects, Minnesota's legislative auditor says the U's policy changes appear to be ambitious and far-reaching.
by Peter Cox

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