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Hennepin Healthcare offers 'Compressed Sense' MRI system. Our reporter gave it a try

Hennepin Healthcare offers 'Compressed Sense' MRI system. Our reporter gave it a try

If you need an MRI, remaining still in a narrow tube can trigger claustrophobia. Hennepin Healthcare's new system reduces the amount of time needed to create a quality image and lets patients pick a background or film to watch while they are being scanned. MPR News reporter Brandt Williams recently had his knee checked out in the new MRI.
by Brandt Williams

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EU lawmakers to press Zuckerberg over data privacy

EU lawmakers to press Zuckerberg over data privacy

European Union lawmakers plan to press Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday about data protection standards at the internet giant at a hearing focused on a scandal over the alleged misuse of the personal information of millions of people.
by The Associated Press

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Spidey strength: Scientist hopes to harness the superpower of spiders

Spidey strength: Scientist hopes to harness the superpower of spiders

Spider silk is as strong as Kevlar and more elastic than nylon. Generations of scientists have tried to mass produce it and failed. But a North Dakota State University scientist might be close. Meet Amanda Brooks.
by Dan Gunderson

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'Reluctant Psychonaut' Michael Pollan embraces the 'new science' of psychedelics

'Reluctant Psychonaut' Michael Pollan embraces the 'new science' of psychedelics

Author Michael Pollan, who experimented with mushrooms, LSD and other psychedelics while researching his latest book, says: "I had an experience that was by turns frightening and ecstatic and weird."
by Terry Gross

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