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Watchdog site crowdsources stimulus spending

Watchdog site crowdsources stimulus spending

President Obama is promising to use the Web site Recovery.gov to track spending under the economic stimulus bill passed by the U.S. House and being considered by the Senate. But that site hasn't been built yet. Until then, you can follow requests for stimulus money coming from local governments on Stimulus Watch. The new site relies on public contributions - a process sometimes called "crowdsourcing" - to help monitor stimulus spending.

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Friday Follow: The ethics of octuplets

Friday Follow: The ethics of octuplets

Public amazement at octuplets born to a California woman soon turned to dismay, after suspicions that the babies were conceived with too many implanted embryos. Midmorning discusses the issues that arise from in vitro fertilization.

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Instinct vs. analysis

Instinct vs. analysis

The latest findings in neuroscience actually might help us make better decisions. It turns out our decisions are strongly influenced by our fear of losing. And author Jonah Lehrer says that's our big flaw.

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Postcards from Antarctica

A team from the Twin Cities spent January mapping one of the planet's last frontiers: the dry valleys of Antarctica.

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A new role for science in public policy?

A new role for science in public policy?

President Obama said he wants to "restore science to its rightful place." The new president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science discusses what that role should be.

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Ban of bisphenol-A proposed at the Capitol

Ban of bisphenol-A proposed at the Capitol

A state senate committee votes today on whether Minnesota should follow Canada's lead and ban the chemical bisphenol-A from baby bottles and other products designed for young children.

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Breaking the glass ceiling for women scientists

Breaking the glass ceiling for women scientists

Although increasing numbers of women are pursuing careers in the sciences, many still deal with unequal opportunities and unequal equity. There is some hope that the Obama administration, with it's renewed focus on science, might be able to change that.

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How good is Windows 7?

How good is Windows 7?

Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system, now in a public test phase, looks to be a whole lot better than Vista, which earned a bad reputation for not playing nice with older peripherals and software.

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