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Search for how dinosaurs lived

Search for how dinosaurs lived

Scientist Kristina Curry Rogers has travelled the world looking for evidence of how dinosaurs behaved, in addition to what they looked like. She talks about her latest trip to Madagascar, an island with unique wildlife and important dinosaur finds.

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Your so-called life

Your so-called life

Some say video games simply offer players an escape from reality. But one Twin Cities futurist is convinced today's popular programs can enrich life far from the computer screen.
by Nikki Tundel

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Boomtime coming on the Iron Range

Boomtime coming on the Iron Range

It looks as though Minnesota's Iron Range could be in for a business boom. Five years ago, many Minnesotans might have been ready to write off the Iron Range, as LTV Steel Mining Co. closed its sprawling taconite mine in Hoyt Lakes. But now, half a dozen new industries may be coming to the Range.
by Bob Kelleher

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New Minneapolis library promises access to books, computers and fun

New Minneapolis library promises access to books, computers and fun

The new Minneapolis library, its 365,000 square feet filled with three million books, 300 public computers and an art gallery, expects 20,000 visitors when it opens Saturday.
by Brandt Williams

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Preparing Borg Queen Barby for battle

Preparing Borg Queen Barby for battle

This weekend Millipede, Mangler and Borg Queen Barby will battle at Mechwars 9 in Minneapolis. It's a biannual competition between remote control robots fighting to obliteration. Design, engineering and fun all go into making the 'bots, but destruction is the only thing that makes a winner.
by Sea Stachura

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A trip to Body Worlds

A trip to Body Worlds

Response to the newest exhibit at the Science Museum of Minnesota has been overwhelming. According to the museum, in just the first weekend, over 12,000 people have seen "Body Worlds." All Things Considered host Tom Crann toured the exhibit with Dr. Jon Hallberg.

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CUT! Neurologist to moviemakers: Your comas are all wrong

CUT! Neurologist to moviemakers: Your comas are all wrong

Movie depictions of people in comas are so inaccurate one Mayo Clinic doctor says it's almost funny. Almost. His research indicates poor representations may affect how people deal with coma in their own lives.
by Sea Stachura

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A new way to view the body

A new way to view the body

The Body Worlds exhibit features the world's first anatomical presentations of real human bodies.
by Greta Cunningham

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Population explosion returns to the Internet

Population explosion returns to the Internet

The Internet population is growing again after a period of stagnation, according to a new poll from the Pew Internet and American Life Project.
by Jon Gordon

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Gas prices on the way up for summer

Gas prices on the way up for summer

Gas prices are headed up. Analysts say we'll be paying upwards of $3 a gallon at the pump before Memorial Day. Will people start looking to electric cars, reaching for the ethanol and springing for the latest hybrids to save money?
by David Morris

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