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What the future will look like

What the future will look like

In his new book, physicist Michio Kaku writes that pondering the future and the amazing technology it promises fills him with childlike wonder. He joins Midmorning to discuss what that future may look like.

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The man who makes data sing

The man who makes data sing

In the hands of Hans Rosling, data on health and economics come to life. He joins Midmorning to explain how data can be used to burst myths about the developing world.

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Bright Ideas with Dr. Nicholas LaRusso

Bright Ideas with Dr. Nicholas LaRusso

MPR News "Bright Ideas" series welcomes Dr. Nicholas LaRusso, Charles H. Weinman Endowed Professor of Medicine, Director of the Center for Innovation at Mayo and Distinguished Investigator of the Mayo Foundation.

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What music does to the mind

What music does to the mind

Listening to your favorite song can have an intense emotional effect, triggering memories and feelings unlike anything else. But what makes music so expressive? Dr. Daniel Levitin and Thomas Plaunt join us to discuss what happens to your brain on music.

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Amazon failure takes down sites across Internet

Scores of websites and Internet services like Foursquare and Reddit crashed or had limited availability Thursday because of problems at a data center run by Amazon.com.

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Minn. man accused of hacking Facebook, taking IDs

About a year ago, an 18-year-old woman was checking out Facebook and instant messaging with someone she thought was her friend, when she unwittingly revealed security questions that would lead to passwords for her computer accounts.
by Amy Forliti, Associated Press

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Quarter of Minn. households are now cellphone only

Quarter of Minn. households are now cellphone only

Minnesota is in the middle of the pack when it comes to abandoning landline telephones in favor of cellphones.

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Ted Turner and T. Boone Pickens at the National Press Club

Ted Turner and T. Boone Pickens at the National Press Club

Media mogul Ted Turner speaks with financier T. Boone Pickens at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. about American energy policy. Pickens has been an advocate for alternative energy sources like wind and natural gas while Turner has promoted the use of solar power.

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Klobuchar bill would beef up cloud computing protections

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar is introducing legislation to better protect individuals and companies using the Internet to store and share data and software.
by Martin Moylan

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