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Macalester professor, student help discover ancient mammal fossil

Macalester professor, student help discover ancient mammal fossil

A 5-inch-long skull is making big news among paleontologists and evolutionary scientists this week.

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How a tilt toward safety stopped a scientist's virus research

How a tilt toward safety stopped a scientist's virus research

The Obama administration has halted some experiments on three viruses, saying the risks need further review. Work in one scientist's lab is on hold.

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Astronomers glimpse distant planetary nursery

Astronomers glimpse distant planetary nursery

Images produced by a giant radio telescope array show a nascent star and what's thought to be its solar system in the process of being born.

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2015 emoji update will include more diverse skin-tones

2015 emoji update will include more diverse skin-tones

The new plan lets people use emoji that look like them, and make groups of emoji in which the faces don't all look like one another.

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Alvin: The little submarine that could

Alvin: The little submarine that could

The first research submarine capable of carrying passengers to and from the seafloor, Alvin has spent some 50 years plumbing the ocean's depths. It's responded to national crises and discovered extreme ecosystems.
by MELISSA PANDIKA

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This new atomic clock may end time as we know it

This new atomic clock may end time as we know it

At the heart of this new clock is a small chamber of strontium atoms suspended by crisscrossing laser beams. Researchers give them a little ping, like ringing a bell.
by Geoff Brumfiel

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Video: Butterfly House offers close-up view of monarchs

Video: Butterfly House offers close-up view of monarchs

Most monarch butterflies have left Minnesota already, headed on their annual migration to Mexico, but the Science Museum of Minnesota's new Butterfly House exhibit let's you get up close and personal with them.

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Minneapolis to post city spending, financial data online

A city council committee signed off on a $50,000 contract with OpenGov, a firm that's built similar websites for cities around the country.
by Curtis Gilbert

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Caleb Scharf on the cosmic significance of life on Earth

Caleb Scharf on the cosmic significance of life on Earth

Caleb Scharf argues that while life on earth isn't unique, it is rare to live on a planet so unusually situated and part of such an exclusive club of planetary systems that can support life

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CVS, Rite Aid pull Apple Pay, and many see a fight over mobile wallets

CVS, Rite Aid pull Apple Pay, and many see a fight over mobile wallets

The two pharmacy chains' decision is leading observers to note that large retailers are looking to develop an independent payment system independent.

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