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North Dakota’s Bakken oil boom in one image

Paul Tosto March 15, 2012, 9:56 AM Mar 15, 2012

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The big, red blob from space that is the Bakken.

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Shakespeare and Pi

Bob Collins March 14, 2012, 3:27 PM Mar 14, 2012

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Are Shakespeare’s plays ‘encoded’ within Pi?

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Sun-stormy weather

Eric Ringham March 8, 2012, 11:02 AM Mar 8, 2012

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“As long as astronauts stay inside, they’re safe”

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The source of space exploration passion: Legos

Bob Collins March 7, 2012, 12:31 PM Mar 7, 2012

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A Romanian man flies a Lego space shuttle because he can.

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Crowdsourcing history

Bob Collins March 6, 2012, 12:03 PM Mar 6, 2012

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Today, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries released reconstructions of the faces of two crew members of the Monitor, the submarine that sank in a New Year’s Eve storm 150 years ago.

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The end of outdoor hockey?

Bob Collins March 5, 2012, 1:30 PM Mar 5, 2012

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A study in Canada says the ‘outdoor hockey’ season is narrowing significantly.

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All about Leap Day

Bob Collins February 28, 2012, 10:56 AM Feb 28, 2012

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We haven’t had any cases of white death from an overblown storm yet, so let’s refocus our attention to something that actually is going to occur.

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In climate debate, science is no match for politics

Bob Collins February 23, 2012, 10:31 AM Feb 23, 2012

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People will work hard to find evidence of that which they already believe, and work even harder to ignore that which might undermine their beliefs.

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Time travel? Never mind

Bob Collins February 22, 2012, 5:10 PM Feb 22, 2012

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Never doubt Einstein.

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Education

Yesterday the slide-rule way

Bob Collins February 20, 2012, 2:10 PM Feb 20, 2012

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Dave Grout of Delano claims an interesting past. But he’s a vanishing breed: He still uses slide rules.

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Climategategategate

Bob Collins February 16, 2012, 11:51 AM Feb 16, 2012

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Analyzing the documents purporting to show an effort to distract the teaching of climate change science.

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Climategategate

Bob Collins February 15, 2012, 11:13 AM Feb 15, 2012

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Today’s climate change debate is stoked by news of a ‘leaked’ attempt by the so-called Heartland Institute to create a K-12 curriculum on climate change that appears to undermine the generally accepted science.

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Do we need to elect more scientists?

Michael Olson February 14, 2012, 12:02 PM Feb 14, 2012

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Since the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development touts our state as “the perfect environment for bioscience,” should we have more scientists and engineers in public office?

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A frontier too far

Bob Collins February 13, 2012, 11:45 AM Feb 13, 2012

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President Obama’s budget puts space on the back burner.

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Homeless teen misses science scholarship

Bob Collins January 25, 2012, 3:18 PM Jan 25, 2012

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Samantha Garvey was homeless teen from New Jersey who captured the nation’s attention when she became a finalist in the competition for a $100,000 college scholarship.

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North Dakota’s Bakken oil boom in one image

Shakespeare and Pi

Sun-stormy weather

The source of space exploration passion: Legos

Crowdsourcing history

The end of outdoor hockey?

All about Leap Day

In climate debate, science is no match for politics

Time travel? Never mind

Yesterday the slide-rule way

Climategategategate

Climategategate

Do we need to elect more scientists?

A frontier too far

Homeless teen misses science scholarship