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July 3, 2014 7:31 AM

Facebook's Sandberg apologizes for newsfeed experiment

Facebook's No. 2 executive apologized on Wednesday over an experiment that manipulated the news feeds of more than 600,000 users. The Wall Street Journal reports Sheryl Sandberg said the study was communicated "poorly."

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July 2, 2014 5:44 PM

Decoding frog sounds to understand why the populations are dropping

Data collected from 34 sites across North America allowed researchers to quantify the decline in frog populations for the first time. They found that between 2002 and 2011 all frog populations were down nearly four percent.

by Dan Gunderson

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July 1, 2014 6:32 AM

Lab rats: That unsettling Facebook experiment

Facebook has allowed researchers both inside and outside the company to manipulate users' news feeds to hide good news or bad news to see whether it affected the emotions of those users themselves.

by Linda Holmes

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June 30, 2014 9:00 AM

Can science be sexy?

We look at how to make science approachable to the public.

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June 27, 2014 9:00 AM

BBC: The great space hunt

NASA is trying to find all the big asteroids that could potentially wipe out life on Earth, and is making good progress, but the smaller ones are virtually unknown.

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June 26, 2014 12:52 PM

Climate change will lead to more extreme rain, drought for Minnesota

On this week's Climate Cast, we discuss how the unusually wavy jet stream could be responsible for both of these phenomena.

by John Abraham

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June 25, 2014 8:39 AM

Farmers facing tough decisions in rain's wake

Heavy rain this spring has flooded farms across Minnesota, particularly in the southwest region of the state. Crops like corn and soybeans are likely to fail if under water for several days in a row. That leaves farmers questioning whether to replant and try again.