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Scientists genetically modify fungus to kill mosquitoes that spread malaria

Scientists genetically modify fungus to kill mosquitoes that spread malaria

The modified fungus produces spider toxin that rapidly kills mosquitoes, raising hopes for a new weapon to fight a disease that sickens millions. But not everyone is convinced.
by Rob Stein

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How To Change Your Mind with Michael Pollan and Dessa

Call to Mind, MPR's mental health initiative, presents a conversation with singer, rapper and author Dessa and journalist Michael Pollan to discuss his latest book, "How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence."
by Sam Choo and Dessa

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Climate Cast LIVE with Paul Huttner

Climate Cast LIVE with Paul Huttner

The May edition of Climate Cast LIVE on MPR News Presents, hosted by MPR chief meteorologist Paul Huttner

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Meet the mites that live on your face

Meet the mites that live on your face

Demodex mites live inside your pores. Just about every adult human alive has a population living on them, and they're basically impossible to get rid of. Luckily, they're harmless for most people.
by Josh Cassidy

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Billion-dollar gamble: How a 'singular hero' helped start a new field in physics

Billion-dollar gamble: How a 'singular hero' helped start a new field in physics

In the 1970s, Rich Isaacson was presented with what seemed like a crazy idea: using lasers to detect gravitational waves. It became the biggest project the National Science Foundation had ever funded -- and now it's paying off big.
by Nell Greenfieldboyce

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Who knew? The marauding Vikings were also expert traders, craftsmen and farmers

Who knew? The marauding Vikings were also expert traders, craftsmen and farmers

If you picture the Scandinavian Vikings of the Middle Ages as marauding hordes raping and pillaging, you're right -- but only half right. A new exhibition in Minneapolis puts the other half on display.
by Marianne Combs

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Will scootermania end with a crash?

Will scootermania end with a crash?

Big Scooter is worth billions of dollars. Is this a sign we're in another tech bubble?
by Greg Rosalsky

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Intelligence Squared debate: All hail the driverless car?

Intelligence Squared debate: All hail the driverless car?

What if the next car you buy or taxi you hail drives itself? Driverless cars, also known as autonomous or self-driving vehicles, are currently in test-drive mode around the globe. Should we proceed with caution? Or embrace the driverless car?
by MPR News Staff

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Photos: Spring wildflowers in Minnesota

Photos: Spring wildflowers in Minnesota

Each spring brings a symphony of colorful wildflowers to Minnesota's forests, wetlands and prairies. Here's a selection of photos of just a few of the many flowers in bloom so far this spring in Minnesota.
by Andrew Krueger

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