Play14min 05secNASA Administrator Bill Nelson says U.S. is in a space race to the moon with ChinaMay 6, 2024 4:00 AMBy Scott Detrow , Linah Mohammad , and Adam Raney NASA Administrator Bill Nelson told NPR he sees the U.S. in an urgent race with China to find water on the moon, and that he trusts SpaceX, despite Elon Musk's increasingly controversial profile.
Orangutan in the wild applied medicinal plant to heal its own injury, biologists sayMay 3, 2024 12:55 PMBy Bill ChappellIt is "the first known case of active wound treatment in a wild animal with a medical plant," biologist Isabelle Laumer told NPR. She says the orangutan, called Rakus, is now thriving.
Play4min 13sec‘For the bees’: Retiring U of M entomologist Marla Spivak reflects on long career of bee science, advocacyMay 2, 2024 4:00 AMBy Dan GundersonA University of Minnesota professor who is a widely recognized researcher and advocate for bees is retiring after more than 30 years. Marla Spivak created the U of M Bee Squad and the Bee Lab, and was awarded a McArthur Genius grant.
Play4min 11secTeam of three Minnesota high schoolers among nine finalists in international math competitionMay 1, 2024 3:20 PMBy Tom Crann and Ngoc BuiA group from the Blake School went to New York to compete in the finals for the M3 Challenge. A test of math skills and creativity, the competition asked students to create a plan to address issues of affordable housing and homelessness.
Play3min 55secFor birds, siblinghood can be a matter of life or deathMay 1, 2024 4:00 AMBy Nell Greenfieldboyce Some birds kill their siblings soon after hatching. Other birds spend their whole lives with their siblings and will even risk their lives to help each other.
Remote Lake Superior island wolf numbers are stable but moose population declining, researchers sayApril 30, 2024 10:15 AMBy The Associated Press and Dan KrakerWildlife researchers say the wolf population on a remote Lake Superior island is stable. But they announced Tuesday that the moose population had declined by 14 percent from last year. Scientists have conducted an annual survey of Isle Royale’s wolves and moose since 1958.
All grown up, but still fighting? Why more siblings are turning to therapy, togetherApril 29, 2024 4:18 AMBy Carrie Feibel Plenty of people go to couples therapy — why not siblings therapy? Experts say the long, complicated relationships between siblings are worth exploring and tending to.
DNA tests help monitor for honeybee diseaseApril 28, 2024 8:00 AMBy Dan GundersonA DNA testing and research center in Fargo is expanding DNA testing for pathogens in honey bees. The genetic testing can provide early detection, and help monitor the prevalence of disease in bees.
A hunk of space junk crashed through a Florida man's roof. Who should pay to fix it?April 24, 2024 6:15 AMBy Bill Chappell"It was not like anything I had ever seen before," Alejandro Otero says. It turned out his home was hit by debris from the International Space Station that had been circling the Earth for three years.
Remnants of the bird flu virus have been found in pasteurized milk, the FDA saysApril 24, 2024 2:41 AMBy The Associated PressThe agency stressed the material is inactivated and that the findings "do not represent actual virus that may be a risk to consumers," but it's continuing to study the issue.