Where can we get these placebos? Maybe there’s some in this truck…
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Where can we get these placebos? Maybe there’s some in this truck…
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Guess the Episode [Medium] (lemmy.world)
1 point for the episode/main plot. 1 point for the joke/scene....
Minneapolis turns to cameras to crack down on dangerous speeding (www.startribune.com)
Minneapolis has the green light to proceed with a pilot that will allow the city to use cameras to catch speeders and drivers who run red lights and mail them a ticket....
50,000-year-old Neanderthal bones harbor oldest-known human viruses (www.livescience.com)
Neanderthals who lived 50,000 years ago were infected with three viruses that still affect modern humans today, researchers have discovered....
Legislature passes law protecting Minneapolis 2040 Plan (minnesotareformer.com)
The Minneapolis 2040 Plan, which sought to end single-family zoning citywide and improve housing affordability, could move forward without the threat of continued environmental lawsuits....
Legacy of Indigenous stewardship of camas dates back more than 3,500 years, study finds (phys.org)
An Oregon State University study has found evidence that Indigenous groups in the Pacific Northwest were intentionally harvesting edible camas bulbs at optimal stages of the plant’s maturation as far back as 3,500 years ago....
Tensions flare at Minnesota Capitol as debates stretch on; DFLers say they’ll push ahead with ERA measure (www.mprnews.org)
Democrats who hold all three levers of power at the Minnesota Capitol said Thursday that they would shut down long speeches that have impaired their ability to pass bills in the final days of the legislative session....
Minnesota Legislature approves bill prohibiting book bans in public schools, libraries (www.startribune.com)
Minnesota is poised to prohibit book bans in schools and public libraries as part of an education bill the House approved Wednesday, the last step before it heads to the governor for his signature....
Parasitic worm likely playing role in decline of moose populations (www.sciencedaily.com)
Moose populations have been dwindling for years across the country due to many contributing factors, but new research at Washington State University has found the impact of Eleaophora schneideri, also known as the arterial worm, has likely been underestimated....
130,000-year-old Neanderthal-carved bear bone is symbolic art, study argues (www.livescience.com)
A nearly 130,000-year-old bear bone was deliberately marked with cuts and might be one of the oldest art pieces in Eurasia crafted by the Neanderthals, researchers say....
Media collective wins pipeline appeal (minnlawyer.com)
The Minnesota Court of Appeals has ruled that Twin Cities nonprofit media collective Unicorn Riot won’t need to comply with an order requiring it to submit newsgathering materials for in camera review in a lawsuit filed by Energy Transfer, the Dallas company responsible for the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL)....
First case of highly pathogenic avian influenza transmitted from cow to human confirmed (www.sciencedaily.com)
In March a farm worker who reported no contact with sick or dead birds, but who was in contact with dairy cattle, began showing symptoms in the eye and samples were collected by the regional health department to test for potential influenza A. Experts have now confirmed the first case of highly pathogenic avian influenza...
Study reveals the dietary practices of the agropastoral communities of the northeast Iberian Peninsula (phys.org)
Raquel Hernando, a Juan de la Cierva researcher associated with the European project TIED2TEETH, at the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), is the lead author of a paper published in the American Journal of Biological Anthropology, in which the teeth of 84 adult individuals found at eight sites...
A loophole allows Minnesota charter schools to award $132 million in outside contracts without following state anti-corruption rules. Guess what happens? (sahanjournal.com)
When the superintendent of Noble Academy was ready to retire, the Brooklyn Park charter school awarded him a multimillion-dollar management contract — without competitive bidding. Who’s responsible for monitoring these deals? Possibly, no one.
These Minnesotans celebrated the new flag with costumes, laser loon earrings and Lutheran sushi (www.mprnews.org)
History was made in Minnesota on Saturday. The state’s new flag rose for the first time, just in time for Statehood Day....
Rep. Ilhan Omar wins DFL endorsement on first round of balloting (www.mprnews.org)
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar won the endorsement of the state DFL party in her re-election bid for Minnesota’s 5th congressional district in a first round of balloting. The backing unlocks resources from the state party ahead of the August primary race....
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Minnesota Supreme Court: Pandemic emergency declaration OK under state law (m.startribune.com)
The state Supreme Court ruled as constitutional Friday the law under which Gov. Tim Walz declared a peacetime emergency during the COVID-19 pandemic....
Minneapolis approves plan to redevelop area where Kmart store blocked Nicollet Ave. for decades (www.mprnews.org)
The Minneapolis City Council approved a plan Thursday designed to correct what many longtime city residents have called one of the worst development decisions in the city’s history....
Future pandemics will have the same human causes as ancient outbreaks − lessons from anthropology can help prevent them (theconversation.com)
The last pandemic was bad, but COVID-19 is only one of many infectious diseases that emerged since the turn of this century....
1st Americans came over in 4 different waves from Siberia, linguist argues (www.livescience.com)
Indigenous people entered North America at least four times between 12,000 and 24,000 years ago, bringing their languages with them, a new linguistic model indicates. The model correlates with archaeological, climatological and genetic data, supporting the idea that populations in early North America were dynamic and diverse....
University of Minnesota reaches ‘initial agreement’ with pro-Palestine student protesters (sahanjournal.com)
The University of Minnesota agreed late Wednesday night to consider student protesters’ demands calling for the university to divest from Israel....
Historical data suggest hard knocks to human societies build long-term resilience (phys.org)
Frequent disturbances to human societies boost the ability of populations to resist and recover from subsequent downturns, a Nature paper indicates. The study, which analyzes 30,000 years of human history, has implications for future population growth and resilience and for contemporary resilience-building initiatives.