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Anniversary of the first test tube baby

Anniversary of the first test tube baby

The world's first test tube baby was born 30 years ago this month, and launched a reproductive revolution. Midmorning discusses the impact of this success, and the future of in vitro fertilization.

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New iPhone launch becomes high tech meltdown

New iPhone launch becomes high tech meltdown

The launch of Apple Inc.'s much-anticipated new iPhone turned into an information-technology meltdown on Friday, as customers were unable to get their phones working.

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Mapping the future

Mapping the future

A high-tech mapping project in the Red River Valley will help manage floods and save money.
by Dan Gunderson

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Mayo researchers find gene causing heart arhythmia

Mayo researchers find gene causing heart arhythmia

Mayo Clinic researchers have found one of the genes that cause a form of heart arhythmia. Doctors studied a family with an inherited form of atrial fibrillation by scanning the entire human genome.
by Sea Stachura

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The unsettled questions on stem cells

The unsettled questions on stem cells

Midmorning addresses the ethical, policy, and legal issues surrounding stem cell science with a medical expert and a legal expert. Both have written books that take on questions about cloning, embryo use and ownership, and patents.

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Herzog's 'Encounters at the End of the World'

Herzog's 'Encounters at the End of the World'

Prolific film maker Werner Herzog's new movie opens in the Twin Cities later this week. "Encounters at the End of the world" examines life at the South Pole.
by Euan Kerr

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Archeological dig in St. Cloud's Lowertown

Archeological dig in St. Cloud's Lowertown

St. Cloud State University students are finding clues to the area's past in an archeological dig this summer.
by Tim Post

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Evolutionary biologist speaks about sex

Evolutionary biologist speaks about sex

Evolutionary biologist Olivia Judson is passionate about the mating habits of living things, from lions to the tiniest insects. She spoke recently as part of the University of Minnesota Bell Museum of Natural History's "Evolution 2008" series.

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Leonid Hurwicz, oldest Nobel winner, dies

Leonid Hurwicz, oldest Nobel winner, dies

Hurwicz, 90, shared the 2007 Nobel economics prize with two other Americans for developing a theory that helps explain how buyers and sellers can maximize their gains from transactions. He was retired from the University of Minnesota.

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