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Science

NASA launches InSight spacecraft to Mars to dig down deep

NASA launches InSight spacecraft to Mars to dig down deep

In a twist, NASA launched the Mars InSight lander from California rather than Florida's Cape Canaveral. It was the first interplanetary mission ever to depart from the West Coast, drawing pre-dawn crowds to fog-socked Vandenberg Air Force Base and rocket watchers down the California coast.
by Associated Press

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Witness my traffic stop: New app seeks crowd safety for people of color

Witness my traffic stop: New app seeks crowd safety for people of color

SafeSpace is designed to summon allies to the scene of a police stop to record it. Its St. Paul creator calls it a tool that could spark communication and help repair community-police ties.
by Emma Sapong

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Probiotics for babies and kids? New research explores good bacteria

Probiotics for babies and kids? New research explores good bacteria

Sales of probiotics are soaring. While some studies on this beneficial bacteria show it can treat specific health issues in children, scientists are exploring how it may help gut health more broadly.
by Allison Aubrey

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Student loan company tells 16,500 borrowers of data breach

Access Group Education Lending said in a letter to those affected that the data breach happened on March 23 when one of its vendors sent out files to another business. The business was not identified, but has been described as a student loan lender.
by Amy Forliti, Associated Press

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Nobel laureate teaches the tricky work of talking about climate change

Nobel laureate teaches the tricky work of talking about climate change

When Mario Molina won the Nobel Prize for his research on CFCs, it came with a new responsibility: To communicate science and influence policy. To that end, he visited 3M on Wednesday and will meet U students and faculty today.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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You are here: Scientists unveil precise map of more than a billion stars

You are here: Scientists unveil precise map of more than a billion stars

The European Space Agency has released a chart of the exact positions of many stars in the Milky Way and neighboring galaxies. But the map only shows a small fraction of what's out there.
by Nell Greenfieldboyce

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