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Minneapolis, St. Paul birders drop 'Audubon' from chapter names

Minneapolis, St. Paul birders drop 'Audubon' from chapter names

The St. Paul and Minneapolis Audubon chapters have dropped the contentious naturalist’s namesake from their titles, rebranding their organizations as the St. Paul Bird Alliance and Land of Lakes Bird Alliance, respectively.
by Cathy Wurzer and Gracie Stockton

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Winner of 3M Young Scientist Challenge invents AI pesticide detector for produce

Winner of 3M Young Scientist Challenge invents AI pesticide detector for produce

Fourteen-year-old Sirish Subash — a ninth-grader from Snellville, Ga. — was crowned the winner of the 2024 3M Young Scientist Challenge contest in St. Paul this week. He picked up a cash prize of $25,000 and the lesson that moms are always right.
by Gracie Stockton and Cathy Wurzer

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A European spacecraft launches to perform a crash scene investigation on an asteroid

A European spacecraft launches to perform a crash scene investigation on an asteroid

A NASA spacecraft knocked into an asteroid two years ago to test planetary defense. Now, a new mission will inspect the damage, with the goal of helping future asteroid deflection.
by Chandelis Duster

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Birders argue over plan to change dozens of bird names

Birders argue over plan to change dozens of bird names

On Thursday, a major birding society will discuss how to go about changing potentially offensive bird names. There's resistance to the original plan to rename all birds named after people.
by Nell Greenfieldboyce

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