Play10min 52secStar Wars blasts into the Science MuseumJune 13, 2008 1:00 AMThe much anticipated Star Wars exhibit opens today at the Science Museum of Minnesota.
Play12min 15secMeredith Monk ascends in songJune 12, 2008 12:00 AMBy Marianne CombsA new work by composer Meredith Monk opens tonight at the Walker Art Center.
Play5min 10secWhen bridge-building becomes artJune 11, 2008 4:00 PMBy Euan KerrPainter Scott Lloyd Anderson says he couldn't bear to go and look at the collapsed 35W bridge. It was just too tragic. Nowadays though, he's over at the construction site regularly, painting pictures of the new bridge.
Play53min 59secSafe food and salmonella watchJune 11, 2008 3:00 PMA recent salmonella outbreak has restaurants and stores pulling tomatoes from the shelves. Midmorning examines the complexities of food safety oversight from the fields to the table.
Play53min 59secThe ethical dilemmas of genetic testingJune 11, 2008 12:00 AMAs more demand genetic tests, the questions increase about what happens after the results are known. Genetic counselors talk about what patients need to know before and after they seek genetic screening.
Play4min 47secReturn of wheat rust on the horizonJune 5, 2008 1:00 AMBy Dan GundersonAn old nemesis is threatening wheat crops around the world. Wheat stem rust epidemics have been controlled for decades, but a new outbreak in Africa has scientists in the Midwest working overtime to breed new resistant wheat plants.
Play53min 54secCentral nervous system goes technoJune 5, 2008 12:00 AMA dream of people working in prosthetics is to have artificial limbs respond to brain waves, so the artificial one responds almost as smoothly as the lost limb. A new recipient of a MacArthur "Genius" grant says the technology shows promise in monkeys.
Study: Heavy construction materials, added pavement brought down 35W bridgeJune 4, 2008 3:00 AMBy Sea StachuraThe 35W bridge was over-weighted with concrete pavement and construction materials, causing an under-sized gusset plate to fail, according to a study conducted by University of California-Berkeley structural engineering professor Hassan Astaneh.
PUC weighs decision on Big Stone power plantJune 4, 2008 3:00 AMBy Stephanie HemphillThe Minnesota Public Utilities Commission will decide tomorrow whether to approve transmission lines to bring electricity from a coal-fired power plant from South Dakota into Minnesota.
Play2min 27secBaby Boom mothers text their kidsJune 3, 2008 9:43 AMTime --and technology-- are marching on. Commentator Peter Smith has noticed what he sees as a disturbing new trend: Baby Boom moms who are texting their young adult kids.