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Garth Sundem on 'Brain Trust'

Garth Sundem on 'Brain Trust'

Bestselling author Garth Sundem's latest book, "Brain Trust," asks a big question: What would your life be like if you could ask 93 top scientists for research-based advice to best perform your daily activities?

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Neutrinos, smelt and dredging are in the news in Duluth

Neutrinos, smelt and dredging are in the news in Duluth

Reporter Dan Kraker talks with Morning Edition host Cathy Wurzer about the stories that people are talking about in Duluth. Kraker tells us about a new sub-atomic research facility, the growing need for dredging in Lake Superior and the running of the smelt.
by Dan Kraker

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University of Minnesota researcher rescues valuable tissue samples

Thanks in part to a professor at the University of Minnesota, tissue samples gathered decades ago are being used today for important medical research. A new DNA analysis process called polymerase chain reaction is revealing new information about infectious diseases. For example, scientists have learned new things about Hepatitis C by analyzing blood serum that was collected from airmen during the Korean War. It's likely that blood serum would have been destroyed if it wasn't for the efforts of Dr. Edward Kaplan. He's a professor of pediatrics and epidemiology at the University of Minnesota. He told MPR's Cathy Wurzer that when he found out about the serum samples, being stored in Cleveland, he came up with an innovative and inexpensive way to get them delivered to the University of Minnesota.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Google launches storage service for personal files

Google launches storage service for personal files

With its new cloud storage, Google is hoping to build the world's largest digital filing cabinet in the latest attempt to deepen people's dependence on its services.

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Swiss scientists demonstrate mind-controlled robot

Swiss scientists demonstrate mind-controlled robot

Swiss scientists have demonstrated how a partially paralyzed person can control a robot by thought alone.

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Bright Ideas with Maggie Koerth-Baker

Bright Ideas with Maggie Koerth-Baker

Our May installment of the Bright Ideas series features Maggie Koerth-Baker, the science editor at Boing Boing. She talks with host Stephen Smith about her vision of America's energy future, including how economic and social incentives lead to our current high fossil fuel consumption and how similar incentives can help us change.

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Hundreds of thousands may lose Internet in July

Hundreds of thousands may lose Internet in July

For computer users, a few mouse clicks could mean the difference between staying online and losing Internet connections this summer. Unknown to most of them, their problem began when international hackers ran an online advertising scam to take control of infected computers around the world.

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Lonnie Dupre and Ann Bancroft on polar exploration

Lonnie Dupre and Ann Bancroft on polar exploration

Mountain climber and arctic explorer Lonnie Dupre has a new book out called "Life on Ice," which chronicles 25 years of polar exploration. Fellow Minnesotan Ann Bancroft is getting ready for another expedition in November 2012.

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Rebates to cut price of $60 LED bulb

Rebates to cut price of $60 LED bulb

How much would you pay for an amazing, state-of-the-art light bulb? This bulb is the most energy-efficient yet and lasts about 20 years. But what separates it from the pack most is the price: $60.

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Astronomer Mike Brown on killing Pluto

Astronomer Mike Brown on killing Pluto

Even though most of us were born into a solar system with nine planets, we now live in a solar system of eight thanks to the work of Mike Brown five-and-a-half years ago. His discovery led to an international body of astronomers demoting Pluto from a planet to a new category of dwarf planet.
by Tom Weber

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