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Christian teen magazine 'Brio' returns with a 'biblical worldview'

Christian teen magazine 'Brio' returns with a 'biblical worldview'

For about 20 years starting in 1990, "Brio" magazine was the evangelical answer to "Seventeen." Focus on the Family is bringing it back, saying it sees a renewed need among teens for alternative voices.
by Sarah McCammon

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Peep show: Calculate the speed of light with stale Easter treats

NPR demonstrates a science experiment that offers a new use for old Peeps. All you need is a ruler and a microwave.
by Adam Cole

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Airports: New approach saves jet fuel, improves air quality

Airports: New approach saves jet fuel, improves air quality

The Metropolitan Airports Commission says a new landing procedure has big environmental benefits. However, airplane noise still an issue for some in the Twin Cities.
by Brandt Williams

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Untangling the mystery of why shoelaces come untied

Untangling the mystery of why shoelaces come untied

Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley have figured out why shoelaces seem to come untied at the worst moments, like when you're running.
by Rebecca Hersher

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Artist sets futuristic dinner party in world reshaped by rising seas

Artist sets futuristic dinner party in world reshaped by rising seas

How will our diets shift as climate change causes sea-level rise and coastal flooding? Photographer Allie Wist attempts to answer that with pictures of an imagined "post-sea-level-rise dinner party."
by Rhitu Chatterjee

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Finnegans CEO and co-founder talks turning beer into food

Finnegans CEO and co-founder talks turning beer into food

Jacquie Berglund, the co-founder and CEO of Finnegans beer is Chris Farrell's guest for his series, "Conversations on the Creative Economy." Part of the company's mission is to help people in need.
by MPR News Staff

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Orange cone season: MnDOT unveils $1B in 2017 road projects

Orange cone season: MnDOT unveils $1B in 2017 road projects

State transportation officials rolled out their big list of Minnesota seasonal road and bridge construction projects on Thursday and pleaded for patience amid lane closures and detours.
by MPR News Staff

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Appetites: How you can avoid bad restaurant experiences

Appetites: How you can avoid bad restaurant experiences

There are some tell-tale signs of a poor restaurant experience that diners can learn to sniff out before having to sit down to a wholesale bad time.
by Tom Crann and Krystyna Pease

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