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The science of tornadoes

A team of tornado researchers is currently roaming the Great Plains, in the middle of the most ambitious attempt ever to determine the origin, evolution, and structure of tornadoes. Their hope is to increase the accuracy of forecasts and warnings.
by Paul Huttner

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Time and the afterlife

Time and the afterlife

A neuroscientist by day and a fiction writer by night, David Eagleman explores the implications of how we perceive time. And in a new book of short stories, he takes a quirky look at life after death.

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NASA shuttle landing delayed for 2nd day in a row

NASA shuttle landing delayed for 2nd day in a row

Thunderstorms prevented space shuttle Atlantis from returning to its home base Saturday for the second day in a row, and kept the astronauts circling Earth after a successful repair job at the Hubble Space Telescope.

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Great Conversations: Innovative Science

Great Conversations: Innovative Science

Over the past century, biomedical research has led to significant health improvements and increased human longevity. As part of the University of Minnesota's Great Conversation Series, two leading doctors discuss the breakthrough therapies needed to prevent, treat, and cure fatal ailments.

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Highway 61 bridge in Hastings to be replaced

Highway 61 bridge in Hastings to be replaced

The Minnesota Department of Transportation is holding a public hearing tonight on its plans to replace the Highway 61 Bridge in Hastings.
by Toni Randolph

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Pawlenty, legislative leaders look back at session

Pawlenty, legislative leaders look back at session

DFL legislative leaders join Midday while travelling around the state to give their take on the session that ended at midnight. Then, Gov. Tim Pawlenty speaks with reporters after meeting with his advisers to plan cuts he will enact to balance the budget on his own.

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Midmorning Weekend: Scientific discovery

Midmorning Weekend: Scientific discovery

Midmorning Weekend revisits some of the best recent conversations from the daily call-in program.

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What does the Google outage tell us about the Internet giant?

What does the Google outage tell us about the Internet giant?

If you trying to do an internet search earier today or have G-mail, you may have noticed some trouble with access to Google. The internet giant is reporting that some users couldn't access those e-mail accounts, or even the search engine for sometime this morning.

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Midwest group unveils climate change plan

Representatives from six Midwest states and one Canadian province completed a plan today to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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Ski trek to North Pole is an American first

Ski trek to North Pole is an American first

An Ely man and his fellow arctic adventurer are back from an unprecedented North Pole expedition. Tyler Fish and John Huston made a 55-day trek across the Arctic Ocean without any external help; skiing, snowshoeing, and even swimming their way to the top of the Earth.
by William Wilcoxen

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