Science

Moorhead finds WiFi a challenge
Wireless Internet systems are being built by a growing number of cities. Plug in an antenna and you're online. But city officials and customers are finding WiFi is not as easy as it sounds.
The ethics of embryonic modification
Midmorning's semi-regular ethics conversation covers the ethics of selecting a baby's features even before birth.
A self-guided  tour of the brain
A Minnesota writer considers his relationship with his mentally ill stepfather, and explores the way culture views the brain.
The spider woman
Midmorning looks at the wonderful world of arachnids, with a biologist who travels the globe collecting spiders and studying their venom.
What went wrong on the Arctic expedition?
MPR's Tom Crann talks to Ann Bancroft. She and Liv Arnesen are on their way home after a failed expedition to the North Pole.
The power to change the brain
Conventional wisdom has long held that our brains are hardwired for life, but new research and ancient Buddhist philosophy are coming together to show that we have the power to change the brain's structure and function.
Conservative group challenges the consensus on global warming
Minnesota legislators heard testimony from scientists, religious leaders and even a polar explorer at an unusual joint committee hearing on global warming. What they didn't hear were any voices urging them not to pass laws to curb greenhouse gases. So on March 8, the American Property Coalition held its own conference: "What science really says about global warming."
The search for missing bees
Beekeepers are losing their hives by the hundreds, and no one seems to know where the bees are going. Our experts discuss the so-called "colony collapse disorder" and its impact on U.S. Agriculture.
What's making America fat?
David Kessler, who went after the tobacco industry when he was FDA commissioner, has now set his sights on America's rising obesity rates. Kessler spoke about the causes of and possible solutions to the obesity problem in a conversation at the University of Minnesota in February.