Play53min 59secAnniversary of the first test tube babyJuly 11, 2008 2:41 PMThe world's first test tube baby was born 30 years ago this month, and launched a reproductive revolution. Midmorning discusses the impact of this success, and the future of in vitro fertilization.
New iPhone launch becomes high tech meltdownJuly 11, 2008 1:54 PMThe launch of Apple Inc.'s much-anticipated new iPhone turned into an information-technology meltdown on Friday, as customers were unable to get their phones working.
Mapping the futureJuly 10, 2008 2:22 PMBy Dan GundersonA high-tech mapping project in the Red River Valley will help manage floods and save money.
Mayo researchers find gene causing heart arhythmiaJuly 10, 2008 8:06 AMBy Sea StachuraMayo Clinic researchers have found one of the genes that cause a form of heart arhythmia. Doctors studied a family with an inherited form of atrial fibrillation by scanning the entire human genome.
Play53min 55secThe unsettled questions on stem cellsJuly 10, 2008 12:00 AMMidmorning addresses the ethical, policy, and legal issues surrounding stem cell science with a medical expert and a legal expert. Both have written books that take on questions about cloning, embryo use and ownership, and patents.
Play4min 21secHerzog's 'Encounters at the End of the World'July 7, 2008 12:00 AMBy Euan KerrProlific film maker Werner Herzog's new movie opens in the Twin Cities later this week. "Encounters at the End of the world" examines life at the South Pole.
Archeological dig in St. Cloud's LowertownJune 30, 2008 6:51 AMBy Tim PostSt. Cloud State University students are finding clues to the area's past in an archeological dig this summer.
Play53min 55secEvolutionary biologist speaks about sexJune 27, 2008 10:05 AMEvolutionary biologist Olivia Judson is passionate about the mating habits of living things, from lions to the tiniest insects. She spoke recently as part of the University of Minnesota Bell Museum of Natural History's "Evolution 2008" series.
Play4min 23secU of M researcher says algae is an answer to nation's energy needsJune 27, 2008 3:00 AMBy Stephanie HemphillResearchers in Minnesota hope to create biodiesel from algae utilizing wastewater from the metro area sewage treatment plant.
Leonid Hurwicz, oldest Nobel winner, diesJune 25, 2008 1:25 PMHurwicz, 90, shared the 2007 Nobel economics prize with two other Americans for developing a theory that helps explain how buyers and sellers can maximize their gains from transactions. He was retired from the University of Minnesota.