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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: Science

With love from the sun

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 25, 2012, 11:50 AM Jan 25, 2012

If your face melts off today, don’t say we didn’t try to warn you!

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Study: Few women make men spend more

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 12, 2012, 12:45 PM Jan 12, 2012
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It turns out we’re like animals out there!

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The things you don’t need to know about Soyuz

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 23, 2011, 12:01 PM Dec 23, 2011

Why is a dash to the toilet the first item on the agenda of astronauts arriving at the space station?

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A cure for the common cold

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 20, 2011, 10:46 AM Dec 20, 2011
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A researcher in Massachusetts develops a drug that’s proven effective against 15 viruses, including the common cold.

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A camera that makes the speed of light seem slow

Michael OlsonMichael Olson December 13, 2011, 12:36 PM Dec 13, 2011
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What happens when you can capture one trillion frames per second? You make the speed of light look really, really slow.

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Unmasking a Klingon ship

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 8, 2011, 10:51 AM Dec 8, 2011
8

Did a coronal mass ejection ‘uncloak’ a Klingon bird of prey ship?

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Cancer’s ‘what if?’ game

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 9, 2011, 1:33 PM Nov 9, 2011
4

A new vaccine has shown some promise when given to women who had breast or ovarian cancer.

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How much does the Internet weigh?

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 2, 2011, 3:47 PM Nov 2, 2011
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Does information added to your computer increase its weight?

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The surprise from outer space

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 1, 2011, 2:04 PM Nov 1, 2011
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If an asteroid were on its way to hit the earth, would you want to know about it?

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The science of inspiration

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 12, 2011, 10:05 AM Oct 12, 2011
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Tired of hearing stories about uneducated, uninterested kids today with no goals and no interest in, say, science?

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Scientists videotape brain’s thoughts

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 23, 2011, 9:41 PM Sep 23, 2011
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Scientists at Berkeley may not only be able to read your mind, they may be able to see what’s in it, too.

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Falling satellite could still provide a show over Midwest

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 23, 2011, 2:08 PM Sep 23, 2011

Peru, you’re in the clear. Upper Midwest? Maybe. Africa, we have a problem.

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Musing on a fourth dimension

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 23, 2011, 10:30 AM Sep 23, 2011
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Maybe Einstein’s theory of special relativity isn’t wrong. Maybe it’s absolutely correct in three dimensions, but this discovery tells us what’s happening in another dimension.

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Step aside, Einstein?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 22, 2011, 3:19 PM Sep 22, 2011
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The science community is abuzz today with news from a group of European researchers that neutrinos — sub-atomic particles — travel faster than light.

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Satellite to be a no-show

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 22, 2011, 1:30 PM Sep 22, 2011
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There now appears to be no chance the tumbling satellite falls in Minnesota.

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