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December 3, 2007 11:00 AM

The year in consumer electronics

As you prepare your holiday shopping list, two technology wizards take a look back at the hot gadgets of 2007, and the not-so-hot.

by Jon Gordon

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November 30, 2007 12:00 AM

Fighting global warming by manipulating the climate

Mirrors in space? Dispersing sulfur into the stratosphere? These are just some of the ideas that have been suggested as a last-ditch effort to combat global warming. But some are concerned that manipulating the climate could be disastrous.

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November 29, 2007 3:00 AM

Video blogger learns YouTube stardom has a price

Minnesota native John Holden recently found himself a YouTube star. It sounds like a dream come true for a video blogger, but it wasn't.

by Curtis Gilbert

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November 28, 2007 10:44 AM

Egg collection reveals much about bird history

A new book from a Minnesota-based wildlife specialist tells the story of bird history and conservation in North America, based on a collection of about 4,000 bird eggs gathered by an Iowa farmer named Ralph Handsaker.

by Cathy Wurzer

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November 26, 2007 8:58 AM

States join to block lower air standards near taconite mine

The state attorneys general in Minnesota and Wisconsin are joining environmental groups to stop Northshore Mining Co. efforts in federal court to lower the standard for fibers in the air near the company's Silver Bay taconite plant.

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November 21, 2007 11:00 AM

Tech tips on recording oral histories

Minnesota Public Radio audio guru Mark Hinsz offers these helpful hints.

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November 20, 2007 4:17 PM

Future of food: vaccines with a peel and printable sushi

MPR's Tom Crann talks to futurist Cecily Sommers about how tomorrow's food is being engineered today. Sommers says a banana a day could soon keep both the doctor and diseases away.