Under the Microscope
Thursdays at 4:45 p.m.
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Tucked away in a University of Missouri research building, a family of pigs is kept upright and mostly happy by a handful of researchers. Two new litters…
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From the air, the Midwest looks like a patchwork of cropland and pastures. But before the land was turned over to plows and center pivots, most of it was…
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More and more companies, especially in the media, are trying to find new ways to attract millennials. And one former University of Missouri student is…
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MU Professor James Mann recently completed research that sheds more light on what we know about football injuries. The data was collected from the 2011…
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The population of monarch butterflies has declined so dramatically in recent years that the iconic insect is being considered for the U.S. Fish and…
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The circuit science workshop in Columbia is one of Daniel Boone Regional Library’s most popular regular events for kids. The workshop allows elementary…
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From Friday night football games to Saturday volleyball matches, a new figure is taking a spot on the sidelines.According to a 2015 study by the Korey…
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Research shows that the Earth’s warming climate can have a massive impact on many parts of the ecosystem, from the ocean down to the tiny bee. Recently,…
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It’s a clear Wednesday night, and visitors on top of the University of Missouri’s Physics Building are playing the waiting game. A solar flare is about to…
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Generations of tilling and planting on the same land have left the nation’s soil in poor shape. And if farmers don’t change the way they grow crops,…