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July 12, 2022 11:03 AM

NASA's James Webb telescope captures groundbreaking images of distant galaxies

Thanks to the telescope's deep and sharp infrared images, Earthlings are getting a more detailed look at distant galaxies than was ever possible.

by Vanessa Leroy and Bill Chappell

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July 11, 2022 10:58 AM

NASA's James Webb telescope reveals the universe as we've never seen it before

NASA's $10 billion new telescope showed the world something remarkable today: an image of some of the first galaxies to form in the universe.

by Joe Palca

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July 7, 2022 4:00 AM

The story of Fred the mastodon, who died looking for love

A mastodon named Fred, also known as the Buesching mastodon, is a distant relative of the modern elephant. His remains reveal the story of his life and violent end.

by Kai McNamee

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July 6, 2022 1:00 PM

Rare disease research at the University of Minnesota holds global promise

A 24-year-old with Friedreich’s ataxia participates in rare disease research at the University of Minnesota, to find treatments for the genetic condition.

by Sarah Gelbard

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July 5, 2022 1:01 AM

The Large Hadron Collider will embark on a third run to uncover more cosmic secrets

Ten years ago, the discovery of the Higgs Boson particle helped make sense of our universe. But in doing so, it unlocked a whole host of new questions.

by Juliana Kim

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June 25, 2022 10:55 AM

His job is to actually really stare at octopus, seahorse, jellyfish

Photographer David Liittschwager spent 12 years photographing these underwater creatures at more than 28 locations around the globe with his 500-pound studio.

by Vanessa Castillo

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June 15, 2022 7:09 AM

Minnesota DNR using GPS collars to track fawns’ movements

The study — the first of its kind in southern Minnesota in about two decades — should provide valuable information about how deer are moving across the landscape, their habitat preference and survival rates.

by Kirsti Marohn

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June 2, 2022 8:41 AM

New funding expands chronic wasting disease research

The Minnesota Legislature approved more than $4 million in funding for research into chronic wasting disease, an always fatal neurological disease in deer and other cervids.

by Dan Gunderson

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May 28, 2022 12:53 PM

What does a black hole sound like? NASA has an answer

NASA began "sonifying" its famous photos of outer space to help people who are visually impaired enjoy the images. Recently, it recreated the sound of a black hole 240 million light-years away.

by Matthew Schuerman and Michael Radcliffe

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May 24, 2022 3:55 PM

This 830-million-year-old crystal might contain life. And we're about to open it

From lemons to ham, salt is a handy food preservative. But researchers studying some really old salt crystals found them preserving something else — evidence of life.

by Michael Levitt and Sarah Handel

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