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Science

From Minnesota to Mexico: How do monarchs know where and when to go?

From Minnesota to Mexico: How do monarchs know where and when to go?

Monarch butterflies, Minnesota’s official state butterfly, spend their summer throughout the Midwest and migrate to Mexico in the fall to avoid the freezing winters. Most have already embarked on their more than 2,500-mile trek south to the sacred pine forests of central Mexico. Hear more about their journey.
by Cathy Wurzer

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NASA's asteroid hunter Lucy soars into sky with diamonds

NASA's asteroid hunter Lucy soars into sky with diamonds

A NASA spacecraft named Lucy has rocketed into the sky with diamonds on a 12-year quest to explore a record-setting eight asteroids. The rocket is sending Lucy on a roundabout journey to the Trojan asteroids near Jupiter. 
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Next on FDA's agenda: Booster shots of Moderna, J and J vaccines

Next on FDA's agenda: Booster shots of Moderna, J and J vaccines

With many Americans who got Pfizer vaccinations already rolling up their sleeves for a booster shot, millions of others who received the Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccine wait anxiously to learn when it's their turn.
by The Associated Press

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Nobel in chemistry honors pair for way to build molecules

Nobel in chemistry honors pair for way to build molecules

Benjamin List of Germany and Scotland-born David W.C. MacMillan developed “asymmetric organocatalysis” — work that has already had a significant impact on pharmaceutical research, said Goran Hansson, secretary-general of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The tool has also made chemistry “greener,” the judges said.
by The Associated Press

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St. Kate is pushing to double number of BIPOC women in STEM fields in next 5 years

St. Kate is pushing to double number of BIPOC women in STEM fields in next 5 years

St. Catherine University in St. Paul is working to double the number of BIPOC leaders in science in the next five years. The private women’s college will host a town hall at 7 p.m. Wednesday, moderated by Minnesota Public Radio host Kerri Miller.
by Cathy Wurzer, Julia Franz and Lindsay Guentzel

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