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Group calls for more privacy protection for newborns

Group calls for more privacy protection for newborns

Nearly every infant in Minnesota receives a battery of tests to check for various health conditions. Critics are concerned that the state health department is collecting and keeping potentially sensitive genetic data.
by Tom Scheck

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You call this winter?

It's official: last month was the warmest January we've had in more than a century. Where is this weather coming from?

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Study seeks new uses for potato waste

Minnesota's potato industry produces some 400,000 tons of potato waste each year. Scientists at Bemidji State University are looking for ways to turn that waste into something valuable and environmentally friendly.

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Will America always be an engineering leader?

In 2004, American citizens accounted for only 40 percent of the engineering doctorates awarded by American universities, the rest were foreign nationals. On a recent visit to St. Paul, William Wulf, the president of the National Academy of Engineering, said he worries the U.S. will lose its innovative edge.

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Avian Flu: Pandemic Threat and the Global Response

The worldwide confirmed death toll from bird flu crept up to 83 Wednesday, when the World Health Organization announced that a Chinese woman had died from the disease. Bird flu has caused relatively few human casualties so far, but public health experts worry the disease could mutate and spark a global pandemic, killing millions.

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The ethical implications of assisted suicide

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the federal government can't prevent Oregon from sanctioning physician assisted suicides for terminally ill patients. The court made its ruling on legal grounds, but what do medical ethics have to say about assisted suicide?

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Intelligent Designs on Evolution

Questions about the origins of our species have been plaguing human beings and dividing Americans for more than a hundred years, if not for all time. The new American RadioWorks documentary "Intelligent Designs on Evolution" looks at the heated controversy over which biological theories should be taught in public schools.

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Genetic research finds success in Fargo

A small Fargo company sees bright future for genetic medicine.

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What's behind the mystery rust

Duluth Port officials know there's an aggressive corrosion, eating away at under-water steel. Now they've got the money to figure out what's causing it.

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"Body Worlds" exhibit to show real human bodies

Next year, the Science Museum of Minnesota will show the exhibit "Body Worlds: The Anatomical Exhibition of Real Human Bodies." It includes human cadavers that are preserved and posed through a process called plastination. Eric Jolly, the president of the Science Museum, spoke with MPR's Cathy Wurzer about the exhibit.
by Cathy Wurzer

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