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September 22, 2023 4:00 AM

NASA effort to bring home asteroid rocks will end this weekend in triumph or a crash

NASA's first effort to retrieve samples from an asteroid will send a capsule that contains extraterrestrial pebbles and dust plunging towards a Utah desert on Sunday.

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

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September 19, 2023 10:35 AM

Photos: Northern lights danced across Minnesota overnight

Photographers around the state shared some of their snapshots of the northern lights spreading their beauty overnight into Tuesday. They did not disappoint.

by MPR News Staff

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September 18, 2023 4:00 AM

Nutrient producing microbes win over farmers but skeptics doubtful

A growing number of farmers are using nitrogen producing bacteria as an alternative to the polluting synthetic nitrogen fertilizer, but some soil health experts are skeptical of the new products.

by Dan Gunderson

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September 16, 2023 9:30 PM

NASA releases 'baby picture' of a star that will grow up to be much like our sun

A new image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope reveals what Earth's sun could have looked like in its infancy.

by Clare Marie Schneider

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September 14, 2023 4:45 AM

Fentanyl mixed with cocaine or meth is driving the '4th wave' of the overdose crisis

A new study finds a 50-fold growth in deaths from combined use of stimulants and opioids. The toxic and contaminated drug supply is to blame.

by Scott Maucione

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September 10, 2023 2:12 PM

Let skeeters feed on you for science? Welcome to front lines of mosquito control

At the Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District, working on the front lines of mosquito control can be a prickly job. A technician volunteered to stick her arm into a glass tank to give scores of the insects a chance to feed on her blood. It was all in the name of sustaining a species important for research.

by The Associated Press

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August 28, 2023 11:13 AM

How scientists engineered a see-through squid with its brain in plain view

A see-through squid is giving scientists an unprecedented view of the brain and other organs in a living animal.

by Jon Hamilton

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August 24, 2023 11:44 AM

New flame retardants found in breast milk years after similar chemicals were banned

After a class of flame retardants called PBDEs was phased out due to links with developmental health issues, manufacturers started using another, similar group of compounds.

by Bec Roldan

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August 19, 2023 4:17 PM

Russia and India are landing on the moon next week. Here's what you need to know

India and Russia are sending landers to spots near the south pole, which has water ice that might one day be mined to make rocket fuel.

by Geoff Brumfiel

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August 17, 2023 4:02 AM

People are freaking out over a question mark seen in space. Scientists can explain

A stunning new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows a pair of actively forming stars. But many people are more curious about the tiny question mark visible toward the bottom of the frame.

by Rachel Treisman

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NASA effort to bring home asteroid rocks will end this weekend in triumph or a crash

Photos: Northern lights danced across Minnesota overnight

Nutrient producing microbes win over farmers but skeptics doubtful

NASA releases 'baby picture' of a star that will grow up to be much like our sun

Fentanyl mixed with cocaine or meth is driving the '4th wave' of the overdose crisis

Let skeeters feed on you for science? Welcome to front lines of mosquito control

How scientists engineered a see-through squid with its brain in plain view

New flame retardants found in breast milk years after similar chemicals were banned

Russia and India are landing on the moon next week. Here's what you need to know

People are freaking out over a question mark seen in space. Scientists can explain

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