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May 25, 2021 3:50 PM

New spread raises concern about fatal deer disease

State officials are concerned about a newly discovered spread of the always-fatal chronic wasting disease in farmed deer herds and the potential increased risk to Minnesota’s wild white-tailed deer.

by Dan Gunderson

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May 24, 2021 4:35 PM

How to watch the 'Super Flower Blood Moon' lunar eclipse this week

The "Super Flower Blood Moon" is happening early Wednesday morning, as a supermoon coincides with a full lunar eclipse. Here's how to see it.

by Joe Hernandez

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May 16, 2021 11:30 PM

Green, violet, oh my: NASA rocket launch lights up Eastern skies

The mission, to study energy transfer in space, had a brilliant upshot for nighttime viewers. East Coasters saw the green and violet vapor clouds glowing above — and have the pictures to prove it.

by Emma Bowman

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May 15, 2021 9:46 AM

China lands on Mars in major advance for its space ambitions

China's rover will explore an area of Mars known as Utopia Planitia. An American rover and tiny helicopter are also currently on the planet; they arrived in February.

by The Associated Press

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May 13, 2021 4:05 PM

Freshly made plutonium from outer space found on ocean floor

Something went boom in outer space and sent radioactive stardust our way, and it's just been found at the bottom of the ocean.

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

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May 10, 2021 10:57 AM

Cats take 'If I fits I sits' seriously, even if the space is just an illusion

If you've spent any time around cats, you've seen them curl up in cozy spaces. A new study on feline cognition shows that they also like to sit in snug squares created by a kind of optical illusion.

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

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May 9, 2021 2:18 PM

'An extraordinary discovery': Archeologists find Neanderthal remains in cave near Rome

Archeologists unearthed the remains of nine Neanderthals, dating from 50,000 to 100,000 years ago, in a discovery the Italian culture minister said will be "the talk of the world."

by H.J. Mai

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May 9, 2021 6:17 AM

China says most rocket debris burned up during reentry

China's space agency said a core segment of its biggest rocket reentered Earth’s atmosphere above the Maldives in the Indian Ocean early Sunday, and that most of it burned up.

by The Associated Press

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May 8, 2021 6:24 PM

String of satellites baffles some night sky viewers, bugs astronomers

A string of lights that rolled across the night sky in parts of the U.S. on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday had some people wondering if a fleet of UFOs was coming, but it had others — mostly amateur stargazers and professional astronomers— lamenting the industrialization of space.

by The Associated Press

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May 8, 2021 7:25 AM

Will my sense of smell ever return? Olfactory insights from COVID and beyond

COVID-19 has renewed interest in a key way humans perceive the world. A reporter who hasn't been able to tell the scent of a rose from a sweaty gym shoe for decades takes heart in the latest science.

by Joanne Silberner

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