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Lifestyle

Metrodome is training ground for marathoners

Metrodome is training ground for marathoners

One of your New Year's resolutions may be to get more exercise. But getting exercise can be a challenge during the gloomiest, coldest part of the year. Still, every week hundreds of people have found a cheap, accessible, warm place to run off those holiday pounds -- they go to one of the largest buildings in Minneapolis.
by Toni Randolph

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Hungry like a wolf?

Hungry like a wolf?

The Minnesota Zoo is getting into the video game business. The Zoo unveiled Thursday a pioneering wildlife simulation game called "WolfQuest."

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Stories off the sidewalk

Stories off the sidewalk

For several years, StoryCorps booths have allowed ordinary people relate their own stories to be preserved in a huge and growing collection in the Library of Congress.

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Birds in winter

Birds in winter

A non-game wildlife expert from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources takes questions about how birds and other wildlife behave in winter.

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Chemicals in toys make some parents uneasy

A high-tech scanner can identify the toxic chemicals in toys and other household products. Those chemicals are proven to be harmful to children. But no one knows how easily those chemicals transfer from toys to the body.
by Tom Crann

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