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May 6, 2021 10:06 PM

What goes up must come down — including a giant Chinese rocket plunging toward Earth

U.S. Space Command says the exact entry point into the Earth's atmosphere cannot be pinpointed until hours before its reentry, which is expected sometime around Saturday.

by Vanessa Romo

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May 6, 2021 11:43 AM

Video: An easy way to understand coronavirus variants — using puzzle pieces

If you imagine viruses as pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, that can help explain what happens when a coronavirus variant comes into contact with human cells.

by Michaeleen Doucleff

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May 4, 2021 1:28 PM

Pfizer says FDA will soon authorize COVID-19 vaccine for 12-15 age group

The company said in late March that clinical trials showed the vaccine elicits "100 percent efficacy and robust antibody responses" in adolescents.

by Bill Chappell and MPR News Staff

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May 3, 2021 8:05 AM

Michael Lewis' 'The Premonition' is a sweeping indictment of the CDC

In a new book, author Michael Lewis writes about public health officers who tried to get others to look at the data on COVID-19 and act to make sure the virus didn't spread.

by Rachel Martin

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May 3, 2021 8:00 AM

Can't help falling in love with a vaccine: How polio campaign beat vaccine hesitancy

This isn't the first big vaccine rollout, and the past holds lessons for the pandemic present. Here's a look at how the polio vaccine overcame U.S. hesitancy.

by Susan Brink

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May 2, 2021 6:58 AM

SpaceX returns 4 astronauts to Earth in rare night splashdown

SpaceX safely returned four astronauts from the International Space Station on Sunday, making the first U.S. crew splashdown in darkness since the Apollo 8 moonshot.

by The Associated Press

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May 1, 2021 7:20 PM

NASA makes new plans for Ingenuity helicopter on Mars

NASA announced Friday that it will increase operational testing of its Ingenuity helicopter following four successful test flights off the surface of Mars.

by Elena Moore

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April 30, 2021 9:57 AM

Biden administration seeks to build trust and diversity among federal scientists

Climate and health policies rely on scientific expertise. But the federal science workforce has been shaped by decades of political interference, underfunding and race and gender bias.

by Rebecca Hersher

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April 28, 2021 11:48 AM

'Forgotten astronaut' Michael Collins dies

Collins was the crew member who stayed in orbit on the Apollo 11 command module while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon. Later he oversaw building of the National Air and Space Museum.

by Russell Lewis

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April 28, 2021 10:00 AM

25 down and 71,632 to go: Scientists seek genomes of all critters with a backbone

Biologists say newly efficient and accurate gene sequencing techniques have allowed them to fairly quickly detail full genomes and find overlooked genes in a broad range of 25 important species.

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

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