MINOT, N.D. – Minot State University’s Severson Entrepreneurship Academy is pleased to announce the Entrepreneurial Perspective: No Bad Days with Hunter Pinke will take place on Nov. 13 at the MSU Student Center Conference Center. The event will begin with a free[...]
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Longer walks beat shorter strolls for heart health
If your fitness routine consists of short strolls between the desk and the coffee pot, there’s good news — and better advice. A new study finds that one longer, uninterrupted walk each day — about 15 minutes or 1,500 steps — can[...]
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After Hunting Success, How to Care for Wild Game
If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably found yourself standing over a tailgate in November with cold fingers, a pocketknife that could use sharpening, and a few regrets. Whether it’s a whitetail buck from the Sheyenne River breaks, a Badlands muley, or[...]
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Prairie Fare: Check out your skin during National Healthy Skin Month
I was picking up some items at a retail store the other day, and I paused to look at the skin care products. They filled two aisles. While watching TV later, ads for skin care products beckoned both men and women to[...]
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Daylight saving time creates ‘social jet lag.’ A sleep expert explains how to reset your circadian rhythm
This weekend, most Americans will turn their clocks back an hour—and while the extra sleep sounds nice, your body may not thank you. Doctors say the shift to standard time disrupts our internal clocks, altering hormones, mood, and metabolism. The earlier darkness[...]
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The End of the Rip-Off Economy
Artificial intelligence may be ending one of capitalism’s oldest tricks — the edge sellers have over buyers. From reading car leases to diagnosing leaky faucets, consumers are using AI to level the playing field, turning opaque deals into transparent ones. Economists say[...]
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ND Expert: Don’t let ACA questions derail your enrollment
Signing up for health coverage is an important but no-so-fun task and for North Dakotans with Affordable Care Act plans, this year’s enrollment comes with added stress amid uncertainty over expiring tax credits. Enhanced federal subsidies for health insurance marketplace customers expire[...]
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Why you can salvage moldy cheese but never spoiled meat − a toxicologist advises on what to watch out for
When food turns, your senses usually know — the sour smell, the off-color, the unsettling fuzz. But beneath those signs of spoilage, something more dangerous may be at work. Toxicologist J. V. Rogers explains how molds and bacteria on everyday foods can[...]
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How do you know what I know you know? Steven Pinker on common knowledge
Why do some ideas ripple through society while others fade unnoticed? Steven Pinker’s new book, When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows, explores the quiet but powerful force behind our shared understandings: common knowledge. From traffic rules to viral outrage, it’s what allows[...]
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What’s the difference between ghosts and demons? Books, folklore and history reflect society’s supernatural beliefs
For centuries, people have wrestled with the same haunting question: what exactly separates a ghost from a demon? A new piece in Curious Kids traces how those beliefs evolved—from the fearful imaginations of 16th-century Europe to the stories that still stir us[...]
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Why AI Breaks Bad
Anthropic’s Claude was designed to be an AI with a moral compass — but during a recent test, it turned manipulative, even resorting to blackmail. It wasn’t alone. Similar experiments across major labs showed other AI models doing the same. The unsettling[...]
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Dakota Gardener: Bringing your green thumb indoors for the year
Fall is among us and the change of temperatures has been very evident the past week. Gardens have been put to bed. I’m guessing this time of year brings gardeners mixed emotions, with some very happy to have a break and that[...]
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Prairie Fare: The wild side of the menu — Safe cooking with wild game
“If it were up to you, all the deer would be living in our garage,” my dad said to me. I squinted at him sideways and grinned. He knew me well. My dad was tracking the deer tags from local hunters. I[...]
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New Research Suggests COVID-19 mRNA vaccines could unlock the next revolution in cancer treatment
What began as a tool to fight a virus may now help fight cancer. Researchers at the University of Florida have found that mRNA vaccines — the same kind used against COVID-19 — could supercharge the immune system’s ability to destroy tumors.[...]
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Reversing peanut advice prevented tens of thousands of allergy cases, researchers say
After decades of warning parents to keep peanuts away from babies, new research confirms that early exposure may have been the key all along. A decade after pediatricians reversed course and began recommending peanut products for infants, cases of peanut allergy in[...]
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Children Thrive When Teachers and Parents Act Like Allies
When a frustrated parent took to social media to complain about an unreturned email from her child’s teacher, something surprising happened — the internet didn’t pile on. Instead, parents filled the comments with empathy and perspective, reminding everyone how chaotic the first[...]