Minnesota Considers Plan to Forgive Student Loans of Rural Health Practicioners

The Minnesota legislature is looking at forgiving or reducing student debt to newly trained health professionals who are willing to practice in rural areas.

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How to Annoy Teenagers Into Doing Their Chores

It’s simpler than you might imagine, and it can be done with a simple piece of modern yet intentionally antiquated technology. Meet Vexbox, the router that slows your connection to circa 1999 speeds. Your kids will be so bored waiting, they’ll quit the Internet.

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How to Buy Happiness: The Purchases Most Likely to Bring You Joy

We all know the old saying, “You can’t buy happiness,”  isn’t entirely true. The best part of this article — it’s not wealth dependent — the good advice applies no matter how much you have.

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NASA’s Huge Image of a Tiny Section of Space (Video too)

Space is big, staggeringly so, uncomprehendingly so, and NASA has just delivered a picture that hammers the point home… just in case you hadn’t thought about it in a while. The image, captured with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, is the largest and sharpest image ever taken of the Andromeda galaxy — otherwise known as

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E-cigarettes Could Release 15 Times More Formaldehyde Than Tobacco

The “Could” in the headline stems from the fact that e-cigarettes have settings, and if you set them to “high voltage”, they’ll give you a big dose of formaldehyde.

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2015: The Year of the Learner

“Handing every student a tablet or laptop will not magically usher our classrooms into the future. Instead, the future of education will be created by learners themselves.”

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New Super-Hydrophobic Metal Makes Water Bounce

The new metal surface is the result of a laser etching process, and the description of how that’s done is as cool as the video of water bouncing up and down.

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Watch: What Can Stacking Three Balls on Top of Each Other Teach You About Physics?

How about a three-minute physics lesson on energy transfer delivered in an visual experiment that you easily reproduce at home? Yes? Click and watch.

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Confidential Counselor Opens Doors at UND

The position is a week old and has yet to see students, but the hope is that it will make easier to ask for help in the event of a sexual assault.        

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The Scientific Power of Meditation

Meditation doesn’t have a big part in the typical North Dakota work day (if any at all), but there’s growing evidence to suggest the practice is more beneficial than many would assume. Check out the video below for a quick introduction to some benefits of quieting your mind for a few minutes each day.

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Farming With Technology in Casselton

I’m not one of the people most familiar with day to day operations of the modern farm, but I love the way the industry continually embraces new technology.  This is a great article about the advantage gained from having the right tools and know how.

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The Animal That Wouldn’t Die

For those of you that have a little Cliff Clavin inside, here’s one of those little known facts explained in an entertaining, animated video produced by NPR.   http://vimeo.com/107174532

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Need to Know: Head Lice & Kids

Warning: The lead picture on this story is a little rough for those squeamish about bugs, but the information is important, especially if you have kids.

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Scientists Have Found a Way to Fight Alzheimer’s in Mice

Keep in mind, this is early-stage science so there’s no magic Alzheimer bullet on the horizon, but it does amount to promising steps beating back this disease.

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A Radically Simple Way to Get ZKids to Eat Healthier

Getting kids to eat better at during school lunch may be as simple as sending them out to recess first, then bringing them in for lunch. It seems to rush to get to recess affects eating habits.

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