Play4min 03secEnergy on the breezeDecember 5, 2007 1:56 PMBy Tim PostWind energy advocates say small wind turbines could be a big part of the country's energy future.
Play8min 09secNew science on fetal alcohol exposureDecember 3, 2007 3:00 PMBy Cara HetlandNew research and studies seek to answer questions about how alcohol affects a fetal brain. The goal is to diagnose children with fetal alcohol syndrome earlier.
Play53min 55secThe year in consumer electronicsDecember 3, 2007 11:00 AMBy Jon GordonAs you prepare your holiday shopping list, two technology wizards take a look back at the hot gadgets of 2007, and the not-so-hot.
Play53min 53secFighting global warming by manipulating the climateNovember 30, 2007 12:00 AMMirrors in space? Dispersing sulfur into the stratosphere? These are just some of the ideas that have been suggested as a last-ditch effort to combat global warming. But some are concerned that manipulating the climate could be disastrous.
Play4min 52secVideo blogger learns YouTube stardom has a priceNovember 29, 2007 3:00 AMBy Curtis GilbertMinnesota native John Holden recently found himself a YouTube star. It sounds like a dream come true for a video blogger, but it wasn't.
Play6min 04secEgg collection reveals much about bird historyNovember 28, 2007 10:44 AMBy Cathy WurzerA new book from a Minnesota-based wildlife specialist tells the story of bird history and conservation in North America, based on a collection of about 4,000 bird eggs gathered by an Iowa farmer named Ralph Handsaker.
States join to block lower air standards near taconite mineNovember 26, 2007 8:58 AMThe state attorneys general in Minnesota and Wisconsin are joining environmental groups to stop Northshore Mining Co. efforts in federal court to lower the standard for fibers in the air near the company's Silver Bay taconite plant.
Tech tips on recording oral historiesNovember 21, 2007 11:00 AMMinnesota Public Radio audio guru Mark Hinsz offers these helpful hints.
Play9min 01secFuture of food: vaccines with a peel and printable sushiNovember 20, 2007 4:17 PMMPR's Tom Crann talks to futurist Cecily Sommers about how tomorrow's food is being engineered today. Sommers says a banana a day could soon keep both the doctor and diseases away.
Pawlenty, Doyle and other Midwest governors sign on to global warming pactNovember 15, 2007 5:00 PMBy Stephanie HemphillGovernors from six Midwestern states have agreed to set up a carbon trading market, called cap and trade.