Science

January 15, 2009 12:00 AM

Lake Superior 'love nest' aims to save sturgeon population

An effort to help Lake Superior sturgeon become self-sustaining is entering a critical phase. Sturgeon were nearly wiped out in the big lake about a century ago. Crews have been busy this winter, trying to build the perfect sturgeon love nest.

by Bob Kelleher

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January 9, 2009 4:31 PM

DIY invention show gets public television premiere

A new TV show produced here in Minnesota premieres on public TV stations across the country this weekend. MAKE:TV highlights creative do-it-yourself projects that tinkers can do at home. However, one look at the show and thoughts of This Old House or Martha Stewart will quickly dissipate.

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January 8, 2009 3:36 PM

2008 Year in Science

The success and failure of the first particle collider dominated headlines this year, but scientists also discovered earthlike-exoplanets and programmable cells. Midmorning looks back on breakthroughs and breakdowns of 2008 and what science can hope for in the Obama administration.

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January 2, 2009 9:42 AM

Future Tense with Jon Gordon

Good podcasts for your idle time

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December 30, 2008 8:03 AM

Art Caplan on living longer

In a speech at the Chautauqua Institution this summer, Art Caplan, one of the country's leading bioethicists tried to answer the question: "Is it immoral to want to live longer, be smarter and look better?"

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December 29, 2008 11:01 AM

Future Tense with Jon Gordon

Five tech predictions for 2009.

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December 26, 2008 2:28 PM

The war on insects

An Aspen Ideas Festival speech by James McWilliams, author of "American Pests: Our Futile Attempt to Conquer the Insect Empire from Colonial Times to the Death of DDT."

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December 23, 2008 8:10 AM

The pet doctor is in

Veterinarian Kate An Hunter answers listener questions about all things animal.

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December 19, 2008 11:01 AM

The end of an era at the Minneapolis Grain Exchange

After more than a century of shouts and gestures, the trading floor at the Minneapolis Grain Exchange goes silent Friday afternoon. Friday is the last day of open outcry futures trading on the floor of the exchange.

by Perry Finelli