Bob Collins
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft is about out of fuel and pretty soon, the space agency will lose its ability to maneuver it. It’ll crash into Saturn. But before that happens, it took a last look at a barely visible dot between Saturn’s rings. Read more →
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Science
NASA has released what it’s calling the clearest view ever achieved of the earth at night. Read more →
The kids at Forestview Middle School’s STEM team in Baxter, Minn., were getting pretty antsy to see what would happen if they launched a balloon. But bad weather through February kept it on terra firma.
There was pressure involved, with the temperatures warming in lake country. Read more →
Say this about science: It spawns great protest signs, as evidenced by Sunday’s rally in Boston.
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History tells us that the day will come when a rocket returning to earth and landing gently will not impress us much. Today is not that day, however. Read more →
The day may come when we’re advised during icy conditions to ‘walk like a penguin’ and a growing number of people will not know what a penguin is. Read more →
Read it while you still can. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources magazine is on Gov. Scott Walker’s chopping block.
The bimonthly magazine would be eliminated as part of the governor’s budget plan, even though it would have no effect on the state’s budget. Read more →
A solid requirement for being a science reporter on television is a belief in some basic science.
Mish Michaels, a former Boston TV weatherperson (she referred to herself as the ‘station scientist’), has lost her job with the PBS affiliate in the city because she doesn’t believe in vaccinations, the Boston Globe reports. Read more →
Judging by the relative silence in the area, Minnesotans didn’t see the meteor that streaked across the upper Midwest sky around 1:30 this morning. Read more →
There is something astonishing when this tweet draws virtual gasps on Twitter for the courage it took to write it.
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It’s a fair bet that if the “missing link” is discovered, it won’t be in a trailer in Altura, Minn.
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Predictably, perhaps, we’ve waited until the last couple of days of 2016 to apply the brakes to the “2016 is the worst year ever” movement.
I’m a glass-half-full kind of guy so this video today reaffirmed something I’ve long believed: If something’s getting done, it’s probably science. Read more →
The State Patrol said the truck’s windows had fogged up and frozen with yesterday’s cold temperatures so she couldn’t see where she was going, and was going to pull over to clear things up.
Why does this happen?
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In addition to an inability to merge and unwillingness to take the last piece of anything, picking up after their dogs is a stain on the image of Minnesotans.
The kids at Emerson Elementary in Minneapolis have had it with you, Minnesotans. Read more →
He had a war record, looks, was a national hero, had experience, and was still married to his high school sweetheart.
By all accounts, he was the perfect candidate, and just what voters say they want. But voters fib. What they say they want isn’t what they’ll vote for.