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When are split-second decisions the right ones?

New Yorker Staff Writer Malcolm Gladwell answers questions about his latest book, "Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking," at the Commonwealth Club of California. "Blink," which explores snap judgements, is number one on the New York Times Best Sellers list.

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The power and pitfalls of snap judgements

By the time you finish this sentence, you may very well have decided whether or not to listen to Malcolm Gladwell's speech at the Commonwealth Club of California. Gladwell's book "Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking" is about these kinds of split-second decisions: how they are made, why they are often surprisingly good and why they are sometimes tragically bad.

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The Titanic today

Titanic explorer Robert Ballard makes the case for limiting visits to the historic wreck. He talks about how the submerged ocean liner is degrading.

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Robot revolution

The government is preparing to send robots to fight in Iraq this spring. Human replacements are also being used to explore space, clean up nuclear sites and care for the elderly. Midmorning examines the history and future of artificial intelligence.

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Stolen identity

People allegedly posing as representatives of legitimate companies acquired detailed dossiers on 35,000 people from the data-brokering company ChoicePoint Inc. Thousands of Minnesotans may be affected. Midmorning examines the risks and repercussions of identity theft.

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The ethics of genetics

The task of sequencing the human genome is essentially complete. The challenge now is to decide how to ethically use the information found in our DNA.

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NASA aims for the future

NASA may launch a manned space shuttle in mid-May. Midmorning looks at the changes at NASA and recent decisions on the Hubble Space Telescope.

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Voices of Minnesota: Robert Pepin

University of Minnesota Physicist Robert Pepin, who served as science adviser for Apollo lunar missions 14 through 17, is confident that there is another earth-like planet somewhere that may be capable of supporting life. Voices of Minnesota pays a visit to Pepin as he recounts his remarkable career, exploring the cosmos without ever leaving the planet earth.

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Discovering the past

Last week, construction workers found a missing time capsule from 1911 in the University of Minnesota's anatomy building. Midmorning examines the function and allure of time capsules.

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Will it fly?

The Minnesota Senate Transportation Committee considers a major expansion of the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. The $860-million plan would reserve the main terminal for Northwest Airlines and its airline partners.

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