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Robotics industry sees opportunity in farming

MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with Kent Cavender-Bares, CEO of Rowbot, about the future of robotic farming and how farmers are currently using automated machinery in the fields.

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What economists can teach climate change scientists

What economists can teach climate change scientists

Bob Litterman, former head of the risk department at Goldman Sachs, explains how risk models common to the financial industry can help craft climate policy.

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Privacy or profit? These firms want to help you sell your data

The goal of a new generations of platforms is to cut out the data-mining middleman by allowing users to share their personal information with companies -- and get paid for it.
by Laura Secorun Palet

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US science suffering from booms and busts in funding

US science suffering from booms and busts in funding

About 16 percent of scientists with sustaining grants in 2012 lost them the following year. That left about 3,500 scientists nationwide scrambling to keep their labs alive
by Richard Harris and Robert Benincasa

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Meteor leaves 40-foot crater near Managua's airport

Meteor leaves 40-foot crater near Managua's airport

There was an unexpected crash landing near the international airport in the Nicaraguan capital over the weekend, but luckily no one was hurt: a small meteorite, thought to have broken off from an Earth-passing asteroid, left a 40-foot-wide crater.

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Hacker breached HealthCare.gov

After a rocky start, the website's performance has improved, and it is estimated that more than 5 million people signed up for insurance through the site.
by Krishnadev Calamur

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Our continuing look at climate change

Our continuing look at climate change

The latest research on our changing climate.

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Chefs, breeders pair up to produce tastier veggies

Chefs, breeders pair up to produce tastier veggies

While plant breeders at many public universities focus on improving crops used in food manufacturing or livestock feed, those in Madison want to produce better-tasting vegetables.
by The Associated Press

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An app can reveal when withdrawal tremors are real

An app can reveal when withdrawal tremors are real

So far the tremor app has been tested in about 80 patients; it needs more testing and validation before it can be used for diagnosis.
by Nancy Shute

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