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Google creates a spectacle with project

Google creates a spectacle with project

If you think texting while walking is dangerous, just wait until everyone starts wearing Google's futuristic, Internet-connected glasses.

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Third eaglet hatched live on webcam in Decorah, Iowa

Third eaglet hatched live on webcam in Decorah, Iowa

In a nest broadcast live on the internet via webcam from Decorah, Iowa, the last of three eaglets hatched over the weekend.

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Facebook focus guides Google CEO's 1st year on job

Facebook focus guides Google CEO's 1st year on job

Google co-founder Larry Page has a Facebook fixation.

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Inside the brains of dolphins

Inside the brains of dolphins

Dolphins have big, complicated brains. Diana Reiss, an expert on the behavior of dolphins, will talk about the intelligence, self-awareness and extraordinary potential of dolphins.

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Why aren't there more women in science and math careers?

Why aren't there more women in science and math careers?

If the gender gap has narrowed and girls outperform boys in math and science courses, why are females still underrepresented in science and math programs and careers?

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Is that a crushed bug in your frothy Starbucks drink?

Is that a crushed bug in your frothy Starbucks drink?

Call it the tempest in the Frappuccino. Some Starbucks patrons have been distressed to learn that the chain's Strawberry and Creme Frappuccino owes its pink coloring to crushed insects.

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What Dick Cheney can expect after his heart transplant

What Dick Cheney can expect after his heart transplant

A fellow recipient looks back on his own recovery and offers this assurance: the former vice president will get better, day by day.

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Bright Ideas: Dinosaur expert Kristi Curry Rogers excerpt

Bright Ideas: Dinosaur expert Kristi Curry Rogers excerpt

Dinosaur expert Kristi Curry Rogers was the guest Tuesday night in the MPR series Bright Ideas with host Stephen Smith. Rogers conducts field research in Montana, Madagascar, and Zimbabwe and teaches at Macalester College in St. Paul.

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Jonah Lehrer on how creativity works

Jonah Lehrer on how creativity works

Jonah Lehrer, Wired contributing editor and author, will join The Daily Circuit Wednesday to talk about his latest book "Imagine: How Creativity Works." His book looks at scientific invention and artistic breakthroughs through psychological and neurological research.

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