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    December 7, 2018
    Profile by Sanford aggressively expanding across US
    FARGO — Profile by Sanford, a weight-loss subsidiary created by Sanford Health, is in the midst of an aggressive push to open franchises around...
    business/healthcareDecember 7, 2018 - 2:19pm
    A juvenile Hawaiian monk seal was found with a spotted eel in its nose at French Frigate Shoals in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands this past summer. NOAA Fisheries/Brittany Dolan.
    'Make better choices': Endangered Hawaiian monk seals keep getting eels stuck up their noses and scientists want them to stop
    A relaxed-looking juvenile Hawaiian monk seal lounges near a sandy white beach on some green foliage. Its eyes are half-closed and it has a serene...
    news/science-and-natureDecember 7, 2018 - 11:51am
    December 6, 2018
    Buckfast honey bees gather on a beehive in Merango, Ill., on Sept. 10, 2018. Bloomberg photo by Daniel Acker.
    World's first honey bee vaccine seeks to save dying pollinators
    A growing number of honey bees die each year due to pesticides, vanishing habitats, poor nutrition and climate change, with potentially disastrous...
    news/science-and-natureDecember 6, 2018 - 9:46am
    November 26, 2018
    Hess Corp. donated 24 trucks and STEM kits to Liberty Elementary School in Bismarck. On Monday, Nov. 26, fourth-graders Ryan Bullinger and Skylee Bailey constructed an ATV track, complete with sand affixed to cardboard, a handmade bridge and small plastic trees. The students were tasked with creating a 2-by-10-foot track, with two obstacles, a bridge and a ramp. Blair Emerson / Bismarck Tribune
    Hess to give toy trucks, STEM kits to ND schools
    BISMARCK — Hess Corp. plans to donate more than 8,000 toy trucks to North Dakota elementary schools to help incorporate science, technology,...
    news/educationNovember 26, 2018 - 5:42pm
    November 17, 2018
    Marissa Saad, left, coordinator for NASA’s North Dakota Space Grant program, gathers participants in Saturday's weather balloons launch as they prepare for lift-off. Eric Hylden / Forum News Service
    North Dakota Space Grant holds annual Near-Space Balloon Competition
    GRAND FORKS — North Dakota students may have been cold as they braved single-digit temperatures on Saturday, Nov. 17, to launch a pair of large...
    news/science-and-natureNovember 17, 2018 - 1:00pm
    October 21, 2018
    Student scientists sift through mud and debris from the bottom of Lake Michigan in their search for meteorites. Johnny Ford, Shedd Aquarium
    Teen scientists went looking for meteorites in the Great Lakes. They found another type of alien.
    ON LAKE MICHIGAN - On a sunny July morning, a group of teenagers gathered in a circle aboard a 71-foot research vessel named the Neeskay. The...
    news/science-and-natureOctober 21, 2018 - 5:15am
    October 13, 2018
    A house damaged by Hurricane Michael in Mexico Beach, Florida, on Oct. 11, 2018. Bloomberg photo by Zack Wittman.
    Hurricane Michael aftermath: Death toll spikes to at least 15
    Hurricane Michael is no more. The violent storm that ripped through the Southeast, leaving a trail of death and destruction from Florida to Virginia,...
    news/weatherOctober 13, 2018 - 8:38am
    October 5, 2018
    Photo from NOAA Photo Library of a plastic sandwich baggy floating in the water. Fish that feed on various salps, jelly-fish, etc. mistake such trash for food and can ingest this with fatal consequences. Location: Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea Photographer: Ben Mierement, NOAA NOS (ret.) https://www.photolib.noaa.gov/htmls/reef2129.htm
    Plastic waste in the world's oceans could double by 2030
    The International Energy Agency has a sobering warning about the health of the world's oceans. The total amount of oceanic plastic waste is likely...
    news/science-and-natureOctober 5, 2018 - 11:37am
    September 25, 2018
    A grizzly bear with a cub in Yellowstone National Park. MUST CREDIT: Frank van Manen/USGS.
    Court restores federal protections to Yellowstone-area grizzly bears
    A U.S. District Court judge restored federal protections on Monday to about 700 grizzly bears living in and around Yellowstone National Park,...
    news/government-and-politicsSeptember 25, 2018 - 10:34am
    September 10, 2018
    Illustration of ADHD in a thought bubble. Photo from Flickr.com / www.amenclinics.com. www.amenclinics.com/creative-commons-images/
    ADHD numbers are rising, and scientists are trying to understand why
    The number of children diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has reached more than 10 percent, a significant increase...
    lifestyle/healthSeptember 10, 2018 - 10:02pm
    June 28, 2018
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    New study questions a limit to the human life span
    Jeanne Louise Calment lived for 122 years and 164 days, the oldest verified age of any person, ever. Her interviews revealed a portrait of the...
    lifestyle/healthJune 28, 2018 - 1:41pm
    June 11, 2018
    A customer who skipped the lid but not the straw -- she said she usually carries a glass straw -- at Cafe Grumpy, in New York, May 9, 2018. In many quarters, the ubiquitous plastic straw has suddenly become a pariah for the harm it can do to the environment, and some cities, including Seattle and Malibu, Calif. (Stephen Speranza/Copyright 2018 The New York Times)
    SeaWorld, Ikea and Royal Caribbean are getting rid of plastic straws and bags
    Less than two weeks after a pilot whale died off Thailand with 80 plastic bags in its stomach, three major companies - SeaWorld, Ikea and Royal...
    news/science-and-natureJune 11, 2018 - 11:18am
    June 6, 2018
    Lava from the Kilauea volcano flows through the Malama-Ki Forest Reserve as it approaches Kapoho-Kalapana Road on Hawaii’s Big Island, Pahoa, Hawaii.. (Tamir Kalifa/Copyright 2018 The New York Times)
    River of lava destroys hundreds of homes in Hawaii, including one owned by mayor, officials say
    The molten lava on the island of Hawaii has destroyed what officials said may be hundreds of homes, including a vacation home of the island's...
    news/science-and-natureJune 6, 2018 - 7:31am
    June 4, 2018
    Volcano erupts in Guatemala, killing at least 25, injuring dozens more, officials say
    A volcano erupted in Guatemala Sunday, June 3, spewing ash and sending streams of lava into rural areas, where at least 25 people were reportedly killed, according to the Associated Press and local officials.
    news/science-and-natureJune 4, 2018 - 7:23am
    June 1, 2018
    Yellowstone National Park Superintendent Dan Wenk, shown outside his office in Mammoth, Wyo., in 2013. Photo for The Washington Post by Erik Petersen
    Facing reassignment under Trump, top Yellowstone official instead retires
    A highly respected National Park Service executive who engineered the reopening of the Statue of Liberty after the 2001 terrorist attacks and...
    news/government-and-politicsJune 1, 2018 - 12:39pm
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