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Curt Ellis meets King Corn

Curt Ellis meets King Corn

When Curt Ellis and Ian Cheney left college they both felt they weren't ready for desk jobs. Since they like to eat, they wanted to learn more about where our food comes from. They planted an acre of corn in Iowa and filmed what they learned. The resulting documentary is called "King Corn."
by Euan Kerr

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Egg collection reveals much about bird history

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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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.

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The Neuter Commuter hits the road

The Neuter Commuter hits the road

The people who run the Neuter Commuter are fixing to fix more pets. But Minnesota law won't let them do it for free and they say that's a problem.
by Bob Kelleher

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Customers complain after cell phone switchover

Customers complain after cell phone switchover

Cell phone customers love to criticize their wireless company. In southern Minnesota, the latest target is the nation's fifth largest provider, Alltel.
by Mark Steil

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Defibrillator patients ask doctors about Medtronic failures

People with Medtronic defibrillators got a jolt this week when the company decided to stop distributing the wires that connect the devices to patients' hearts. MPR's Tom Crann talks with a physician who has been hearing from some of his heart patients about the issue.

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Rural residents protest ethanol expansions

Rural residents protest ethanol expansions

Rural community groups are opposing ethanol plants at the same the industry faces an economic downturn.
by Dan Gunderson

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U of M to open $14 M equine center

The University of Minnesota will open its latest, state-of-the-art research facility next Monday. The $14 million Leatherdale Equine Center will be equipped with high-tech diagnostic and rehabilitative equipment for horses.

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Implications of the Nobel Prize

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences next week will award gifted and prominent scientists a Nobel Prize. What do these awards mean 106 years after their creation? And what do they say about the direction of science and society?

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Sputnik launch surprised Minnesota rocket designers 50 years ago

Minnesotan rocket designers were caught off gaurd by Sputnik. Americans thought the Vanguard project would lead the U.S. ahead of the U.S.S.R. in the space race.

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