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Get ready to look up in the night sky at all those meteor showers

Get ready to look up in the night sky at all those meteor showers

The Perseids, the most popular meteor shower, will soon reach its peak. For best visibility, make sure you find a dark location and avoid light pollution from cities.
by Shauneen Miranda

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To this retired commander, the ISS was the last good bond between the U.S. and Russia

To this retired commander, the ISS was the last good bond between the U.S. and Russia

Retired Air Force colonel and NASA astronaut Terry Virts commanded the ISS in 2014 and 2015, but says he wouldn't want to partner with Russia in space until it leaves Ukraine and pays for the damage.
by Ailsa Chang, Kai McNamee and Christopher Intagliata

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Research aims to address bait fish shortage

Research aims to address bait fish shortage

Minnesota researchers are trying to find a better way to raise a popular minnow anglers use for bait. Natural production has not met demand in recent years, so researchers are testing ways to grow the minnows in a controlled environment.
by Dan Gunderson

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Questions raised surrounding images connected to U of M Alzheimer's research

Questions raised surrounding images connected to U of M Alzheimer's research

Scientists and researchers all over the world are looking at the University of Minnesota, and this time not for good reasons. A recent article published in the journal Science questions discoveries made at the U of M that have been fundamental to Alzheimer's research. At the heart of the investigation are a series of images in a key study that have been allegedly falsified. MPR News host Cathy Wurzer spoke to the article's author, Charles Piller, on Morning Edition.
by Cathy Wurzer, Aron Woldeslassie and Matt Mikus

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U of M study: Without protections, many Midwest lakes will lose coldwater habitat

U of M study: Without protections, many Midwest lakes will lose coldwater habitat

The study of more than 10,000 lakes in eight Upper Midwest states concluded that protecting or restoring forests within some lakes’ watersheds could help conserve critical coldwater habitat, even amid warming temperatures.
by Kirsti Marohn

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'It's about a bad system': Fraud and fabrication in scientific research

'It's about a bad system': Fraud and fabrication in scientific research

Allegations of scientific fraud have been lodged against the University of Minnesota research team behind a key Alzheimer's study. Those allegations center around a claim that one of the researchers, Sylvain Lesné, falsified images used in the study. To dig deeper into why scientific fraud and misconduct occur, MPR News host Tom Crann spoke with Ray De Vries, Professor Emeritus at the Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine at the University of Michigan.
by Tom Crann and Ngoc Bui

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