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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: Science

No small step

Eric Ringham May 22, 2012, 6:08 AM May 22, 2012
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A private company is on its way to the space station.

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Sleepwalking 101

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 16, 2012, 10:49 AM May 16, 2012

A study says sleepwalking is more prevalent than previously thought. But who are we when we’re asleep?

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We’re not exactly the ‘science state’

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 10, 2012, 11:58 AM May 10, 2012
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Frighteningly, 24 percent of Minnesota 8th graders are below basic understanding of science and 60 percent are not considered proficient.

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What we don’t know about earth

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 4, 2012, 11:33 AM May 4, 2012
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The National Research Council may not be the most impartial observer but a report it’s issued on budget cuts to NASA, is stark in its alarm that observing what’s out in space is secondary now to what’s going on here.

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Parkinson’s and parachutes

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 2, 2012, 1:43 PM May 2, 2012
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Kevin Burkart of Prior Lake, jumped out of an airplane 100 times in one day back in 2008, to call attention to the need for Parkinson’s disease research, honoring his father, who was diagnosed with the disease in 1999. Two years later — 2008 — he jumped out 200 times for the cause.

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The value of dog urine, screwworms, and toe clippings

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 26, 2012, 12:03 PM Apr 26, 2012
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A congressman wants to honor science breakthroughs that came via ‘wasteful’ research.

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Northern Lights in Fergus Falls

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 24, 2012, 12:01 PM Apr 24, 2012
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The Northern Lights made another appearance last night in northern Minnesota.

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Weather

Poll: People want to know what local weatherpeople have to say about climate change

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 18, 2012, 2:42 PM Apr 18, 2012
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Most Americans — based on the sample size of 1,000 of them — apparently think that climate change has a role in most of the significant weather events of the last year.

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A flight to obscurity

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 17, 2012, 11:09 AM Apr 17, 2012
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Like an aging employee no longer of much use, the government gave the space shuttle Discovery a gold watch and party today, a fly around the nation’s capital before wheeling it into a retirement home.

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Two minutes away from earth

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 13, 2012, 2:42 PM Apr 13, 2012

Space as you’ve never experienced it.

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Weather

Sometimes ‘hot’ is just ‘hot.’ Or not

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 3, 2012, 12:06 PM Apr 3, 2012
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Welcome to another day of science trying to explain March and the recently expired winter.

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Early retirement is a quick route to an early death

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 30, 2012, 1:29 PM Mar 30, 2012
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Dream all you want about winning a lottery and quitting work but be glad you’ll be a loser.

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The science of blaming the media

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 30, 2012, 12:44 PM Mar 30, 2012
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Memo: If you want to keep your job in the world of science, don’t release a report that appears to prove Einstein was wrong.

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The oil spill that keeps on killing

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 26, 2012, 4:04 PM Mar 26, 2012
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Researchers say coral reefs in the Gulf of Mexico have been killed.

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Weather

Mixing weather and climate

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 26, 2012, 12:09 PM Mar 26, 2012
4

It’s getting harder and harder to know when it’s OK to mix climate and weather together.

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