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Fly insomnia might help you sleep better

Fly insomnia might help you sleep better

Like people, fruit flies sleep at night, caffeine keeps them awake, and they get insomnia. Those similarities have made the the flies extremely valuable to sleep researchers.
by Jon Hamilton

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Amazon's Bezos plans to build, launch rockets from Florida

Amazon's Bezos plans to build, launch rockets from Florida

In announcing a new expansion of commercial efforts to launch earthlings into space, Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos says the launch pads at Cape Canaveral have been dormant for too long.

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Scientific literacy: It's not (just) about the facts

Scientific literacy: It's not (just) about the facts

It may be that it's scientific beliefs -- not in isolation but in conjunction with political, religious and other beliefs -- that shape our decisions and engagement in civic life, says Tania Lombrozo.
by Tania Lombrozo

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Paleo people were making flour 32,000 years ago

Paleo people were making flour 32,000 years ago

Research into an ancient stone found in a cave in Italy shows Paleolithic hunter-gatherers were grinding oats and other grains for flour. It's the earliest evidence yet of food processing in Europe.
by Jeremy Cherfas

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Russian cosmonaut returns from record-breaking space mission

Russian cosmonaut returns from record-breaking space mission

Gennady Padalka, who spent several months aboard the International Space Station, has now spent more time in space than any human, clocking more than 2.4 years in space on five missions since 1998.
by Susie Neilson

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New Pluto pictures are out of this world

New Pluto pictures are out of this world

Stunning new images of Pluto reveal a "bewildering" wide range of surface features and landforms.

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Vote to reject Iran nuclear deal fails, handing victory to Obama

Vote to reject Iran nuclear deal fails, handing victory to Obama

The final vote tally was 58-42. Following the vote, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blasted his Democratic colleagues, asking why they are protecting the president from having to issue a veto.
by Brakkton Booker

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Strong chance of Northern Lights tonight across Minnesota

Strong chance of Northern Lights tonight across Minnesota

The Space Weather Prediction Center is predicting Northern Lights tonight after midnight with a peak between 3 a.m. and dawn.
by MPR News Staff

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Bright spots on dwarf planet Ceres 'gleam with mystery,' NASA says

Bright spots on dwarf planet Ceres 'gleam with mystery,' NASA says

New images of the dwarf planet Ceres give fresh detail to its most intriguing features: a cluster of bright spots that are intensely different from anything else on Ceres' surface.

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