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A green-movement website shakes up the debate over GMOs

A green-movement website shakes up the debate over GMOs

After Grist's six-month-long series on genetically modified foods, some loyal readers accused the site of changing directions in the debate.
by Dan Charles

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BBC: The return to Mawson's Antarctica, part 4

Andrew Luck-Baker reports on the 10 days the scientists, tourists and crew of the ship, the Academik Shokalskiy, spent locked in the ice and their eventual release via helicopters from a Chinese ice breaker to an Australian vessel.

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Scientists coax ancient creature to life

A lake near Lindstrom, Minn., is host to a remarkable scientific achievement announced this week. Scientists in Oklahoma have managed to hatch the eggs of a creature that lived in South Center Lake hundreds of years ago. MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with Lawrence Weider, a biology professor at the University of Oklahoma, about the news.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Undoing Google’s attempt to open your inbox

Undoing Google’s attempt to open your inbox

Google has announced a new scheme to try to boost its Google+ service by allowing people to email you who don't have your e-mail address.
by Bob Collins

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Northern lights: Were we robbed?

After meteorologists predicted a spectacular northern lights display, many Minnesotans pried themselves off their couches last night and headed out to check it out. The forecast included the possibility that the aurora borealis would be visible from the Twin Cities. The reports we’re seeing from social media are that clouds got in the way for Read more →
by Liala Helal

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Endangered Species Act turns 40

Endangered Species Act turns 40

It's good at saving species, but how good is it at helping them recover?

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With White Bear as poster child, Minnesota tests new approach to limited water supplies

With White Bear as poster child, Minnesota tests new approach to limited water supplies

A new effort involving just about anyone who flushes a toilet from Lino Lakes to Woodbury is about to eclipse the scattered sprinkling limits and water-saving campaigns to rescue a shrinking White Bear Lake. And that could be just a first step in getting Minnesota residents, businesses and others to think differently about how they use water.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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