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Climate Cast: Natural gas vs. coal

Climate Cast: Natural gas vs. coal

New regulations will be a boon for the natural gas industry. Paul and Kerri talk with Robert Howarth from Cornell University about the potency of methane as a greenhouse gas.

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Human or machine? Program reportedly passes the 'Turing test'

A computer program masquerading as a 13-year-old Ukrainian boy has reached a technological and philosophical threshold by passing the so-called Turing Test: it fooled a third of its human interlocutors into believing they were conversing with a real person instead of a machine.

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MPR Top Coast Festival: Maggie Koerth-Baker on medical ethics

MPR Top Coast Festival: Maggie Koerth-Baker on medical ethics

Koerth-Baker of BoingBoing.net looks at the limits of medical science in a current world of bioethics that can limit testing medicines and procedures on humans.

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Can weather modification impact climate change?

Can weather modification impact climate change?

This week, Jonathan Jennings, project meteorologist with the West Texas Weather Modification Association, joins us to discuss cloud seeding.

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At an old Minnesota oil spill site, scientists discover oil-eating microbes

At an old Minnesota oil spill site, scientists discover oil-eating microbes

Scientists here discovered that bacteria that break down oil are everywhere, ready to go to work. Even in the northern Minnesota woods there are microbes that eat carbon and break down oil. The population of those bugs explodes when there's oil in the ground.
by Dan Gunderson

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The doctor will see your phone now

Apple's new mobile operating system, iOS8, features a program that can collect and track health metrics of users with the ability to share to other apps and a patient's doctors.

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Trial results promising for curing puppies' parvo

Trial results promising for curing puppies' parvo

Early tests performed on about 50 puppies in seven states for Grand Forks-based Avianax have resulted in a 90 percent cure rate for canine parvovirus, which spreads through animal waste and direct contact between dogs, usually at kennels, shelters and shows.
by Dave Kolpack, The Associated Press

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NASA to test giant Mars parachute on Earth

For decades, robotic landers and rovers have hitched a ride to Earth's planetary neighbor using the same parachute design. But NASA needs a bigger and stronger parachute if it wants to send astronauts there.
by The Associated Press

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After decades of silent wandering, NASA probe phones home

After decades of silent wandering, NASA probe phones home

The team that's "recaptured" ISEE-3 will begin to assess the health of its systems and instruments in the days and weeks ahead, Nells says. If all goes well, they hope to fire its engines and put it on a new path by mid-June.

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