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Bee expert: USDA punished me for research on pesticides

Bee expert: USDA punished me for research on pesticides

A USDA scientist from South Dakota says officials retaliated after he publicized work showing bees and monarch butterflies can be harmed by a widely used class of insecticides.
by Dan Gunderson

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Fairview to pilot video conferences for patients at home

Fairview expects this service to be especially beneficial to patients in hospice or palliative care. The project is funded by a $35,000 grant from the Cardinal Health Foundation.
by Cathy Wurzer

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The amazing story of quantum mechanics

James Kakalios, the author of "The Physics of Superheroes" returns with an accessible and math-free primer on quantum mechanics.

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Testing chemical risk in MN lakes, scientists shrink to the cell level

Testing chemical risk in MN lakes, scientists shrink to the cell level

Researchers for years have found low levels of antidepressants, insect repellent and other chemicals in Minnesota lakes. But what's the danger? New tools are helping answer that question.
by Dan Gunderson

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Who decides which emojis get the thumbs up?

Who decides which emojis get the thumbs up?

The emoji has put the Unicode Consortium at the center of pop culture.

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Password poems: Safer, easier to remember

Password poems: Safer, easier to remember

Inspired by an XKCD comic, researchers turned random strings of characters into rhymed, metered verse.

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Could depression be caused by an infection?

Could depression be caused by an infection?

Infection and autoimmune activity result in inflammation. And psychiatric researchers now suspect that inflammation may play a role in some cases of depression and other mental illnesses.
by Bret Stetka

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