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NASA's asteroid hunter Lucy soars into sky with diamonds

NASA's asteroid hunter Lucy soars into sky with diamonds

A NASA spacecraft named Lucy has rocketed into the sky with diamonds on a 12-year quest to explore a record-setting eight asteroids. The rocket is sending Lucy on a roundabout journey to the Trojan asteroids near Jupiter. 
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William Shatner, TV's Capt. Kirk, blasts into space

William Shatner, TV's Capt. Kirk, blasts into space

William Shatner, 90, became the oldest person to fly into space, according to Blue Origin. The company, owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos, launched its first human spaceflight in July.
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Next on FDA's agenda: Booster shots of Moderna, J and J vaccines

Next on FDA's agenda: Booster shots of Moderna, J and J vaccines

With many Americans who got Pfizer vaccinations already rolling up their sleeves for a booster shot, millions of others who received the Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccine wait anxiously to learn when it's their turn.
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Fat Bear Week has a champion: All hail 480 Otis

Fat Bear Week has a champion: All hail 480 Otis

Who is the fattest bear of all? For the fourth time, the answer is 480 Otis, a brown bear who didn't let his lack of two canine teeth stop him from packing on the pounds.
by Bill Chappell

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Nobel in chemistry honors pair for way to build molecules

Nobel in chemistry honors pair for way to build molecules

Benjamin List of Germany and Scotland-born David W.C. MacMillan developed “asymmetric organocatalysis” — work that has already had a significant impact on pharmaceutical research, said Goran Hansson, secretary-general of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The tool has also made chemistry “greener,” the judges said.
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St. Kate is pushing to double number of BIPOC women in STEM fields in next 5 years

St. Kate is pushing to double number of BIPOC women in STEM fields in next 5 years

St. Catherine University in St. Paul is working to double the number of BIPOC leaders in science in the next five years. The private women’s college will host a town hall at 7 p.m. Wednesday, moderated by Minnesota Public Radio host Kerri Miller.
by Cathy Wurzer, Julia Franz and Lindsay Guentzel

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Nobel physics prize goes to 3 for climate discoveries

Nobel physics prize goes to 3 for climate discoveries

Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann were cited for their work in "the physical modeling of Earth's climate, quantifying variability and reliably predicting global warming." The second half of the prize was awarded to Giorgio Parisi, 73, for "the discovery of the interplay of disorder and fluctuations in physical systems from atomic to planetary scales."
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