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As impressed as we are with the intelligence of pigeons, we are equally as impressed that in the world of academia, someone wondered whether they could help detect cancer. Read more →
It’s about to turn colder, all the way to the 30s in the Twin Cities. That should be a relief from the delight of a warm November morning. Read more →
There’s big news on the history-of-beavers beat today. Read more →
That’s a wrap. There are no more myths. So Mythbusters will soon be no more, it was announced today. Read more →
Many men have a difficult time recognizing this reality. Why? What threat does recognizing it present?
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The Texas kid who started a national furor when he took a clock he made to school and got detained for suspicion of making a bomb is getting his trip to Washington at the invitation of the president. But Ahmed Mohamed,14, won’t be getting any time with President Obama after all. Read more →
Fall foliage from space
Venus, the moon, Mars, and Jupiter are all together in the early morning sky, something that won’t happen again for years. Read more →
Here’s what you missed if you lived in that fancy metro area well south of Duluth. Read more →
A week ago, we were pretty enthralled with the moon, which provided a show during a lunar eclipse. It was like old times. Excitement about the moon.
It’s probably coincidence, though, that Kipp Teague, an information technology specialist in Virgina, has done more in the last week to remind us of a time when the moon was special, than any human has since a small group of men traveled there.
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The Associated Press today made a significant change in its writing — its ‘stylebook’ is the de facto guide in most every newsroom — which eliminates the description of climate change doubters as ‘skeptics’. Read more →
It’s still early in the day, but we’re going to declare it unlikely the reaction to the arrest of a seventh- grader for making a clock is going to get any better than the one this morning from Mike Seibert, who is the lead flight director for the Mars Rover. Read more →
Anyone who has ever actually raised a teenager might have difficulty with NPR’s story today that teens’ biggest problem is they’re too rational. Read more →
Intel, the company that pretty much prints money, is dropping its sponsorship of a program that — in a perfect world — every company should want to sponsor: the Science Talent Search. Read more →