In Canada, there is now a national study that backs what the anecdotal evidence has been suggesting for years — opioid addiction and abuse are on the rise. Alexandra Paul with the Winnipeg Free Press digs into the story to deliver a Manitoba perspective. It is a problem that does not respect international borders, here
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Have you been wondering where the country heads after the most divisive election in recent history? Have you wondered if we really can put everything back together? We can, and there is a scientifically proven method for doing it. Quartz has the story.
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Minot’s 8th Annual Independent Living Fair kicked off Wednesday. The event hosts more than 40 booths that provide information from everything from home living to veteran services. KMOT News has more on the story.
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On the heels of a really super moon, we get news of another extrordinarily rare astronomical event — a solar eclipse. The date is next summer, the location you’ll need to get to for a the full experience — Western Nebraska. But it may be worth the drive, these are kind of a once in
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When North Dakota’s regular deer gun season closes – this year on Sunday, Nov. 20 – it’s kind of a bittersweet end to the traditional hunting calendar for a lot of folks. But for some avid upland bird hunters, the end of deer gun season is a new beginning of sorts, as most of the
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The son of 1960’s political icon Bobby Kennedy was at the Standing Rock Protest Camps Tuesday to stand in solidarity with protestors fighting the Dakota Access Pipeline. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is an environmental law attorney and heads the international Water Alliance.
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North Dakota Game and Fish sets the deer hunting season in coordination of the natural cycle of the deer rut — that time of the year when the bucks start chasing the does. Learn more in the Game and Fish’s weekly webcast below.
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The moon has been really super the last few days, and it’s brought out scores of photographers looking for that one remarkable shot. Here’s a collection of the better ones as collected by Business Insider writer Dave Mosher via Science Alert.
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A NASA paper that leaked over the weekend is forcing scientists to question a fundamental bedrock theory in physics — that every action comes with an equal and opposite reaction. Right now, there’s no explanation for the data, but if proven viable, it could be the key to long distance space travel.
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The world dreads small talk, but getting beyond it can be the challenge in new and uncertain social situations. So, if you’ve ever wondered about how to get a little deeper into the conversation, here are a couple tips.
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Are you overjoyed at the results of the election? Or perhaps you’re devastated and lost? In either case, the story of the Chinese farmer is probably worth a listen. The film was animated by Steve Agnos.
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MSU computer science students rose to the top at a recent regional competition that required practical problem solving and programming schools. MSU has been attending the competition for eight years, this was the first year they earned top prize.
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With the approach of the holiday season, days of gluttony and overindulging will soon be here. There’s nothing to be done about it; such is the cyclical pattern of modern American existence. And following the holiday we’ll no doubt be making our new year’s weight loss resolution, right? Well, if you want to be a bit
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If the climate is changing — and the pentagon isn’t saying it is because the lawmakers that approve their budgets don’t all agree on that — then the prudent thing to do would begin preparing. And so while they’re not sure if the climate is changing, they are making preparations. The L.A. Times has the
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There’s a lot of debate currently about the value of e-cigarettes and whether they’re a valuable tool for those who want to quit smoking or a vehicle to get kids hooked on nicotine. This article from Reuters on a recently released study suggests that possibly the latter is true.
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First of all, the amazing cover image above and in full below was taken by Aaron Groen, of Home Groen Photography. Mr. Groen is a South Dakota based photographer and you should absolutely check out his work and follow him on Facebook here. Second, the reason there’s a moon pictured at all is because this
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