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Scientists climb cathedrals to collect space dust. Old churches preserve more than just architectural history: Their spired roofs are an untouched oasis of asteroid and comet particles, and two scientists are going all “Ghostbusters-mode” to gather samples. Equipped with harnesses and vacuum backpacks, Penny Wozniakiewicz and Matthias van Ginneken plan to scale cathedrals across the…
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Man Passed Out With Guns, Drugs & Car Running–(Bowling Green, KY) — A man was arrested and facing a slew of charges after deputies found him passed out in a running vehicle wearing body armor with a small compact rifle in his lap, according to the Warren County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies found 38-year-old Richard Aydt…
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Colleen Faacks, Executive Officer of Mid-Minnesota Builders Association, and Chad Piepho of Counselor Realty join the Wake the Lakes Morning Show to discuss the relationship between the two and how others can benefit from membership with the MMBA.
You Can Fix a Chipped Granite Countertop in Five Minutes:If that chip bugs you, the good news is that it’s going to be easy to repair. The first consideration when repairing a chip or small crack in a granite countertop is the color and pattern of your slab. Light, busy patterns are easier to repair…
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Brainerd Lakes Area Representative of District 6B, Josh Heintzeman, discusses Minnesota’s legalization of Marijuana for Minnesotans 21 and older, plus other issues affecting our area.
–Our faces are the end product of thousands of people who loved each others’ faces.–People who sleep naked are clearly not afraid of mosquitos.–There will be many fossils of dinosaur plastic toys one day.–Unclipped toenails drive sock sales.–A dog made of diamonds would be everyone’s best friend.–Working from home is a very, very bad thing…
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Frozen Worm Survived For 46,000 Years:A species of roundworm found in Siberian permafrost and recently revived by scientists in a lab, has potentially survived over 46,000 years in suspended animation. Scientists resuscitated the nematode in 2018 and further research published in the Public Library of Science (PLOS) Genetics journal shows through radiocarbon dating of the…
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A 19-year-old man in Missouri allegedly had a plan to get his friend off work and in one way, it was a success: Ford’s assembly plant in Claycomo, near Kansas City, was evacuated and production was halted lastTuesday night after a caller said they were barricaded in a second-floor bathroom with firearms and explosives, Reuters…
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