Science and Technology

Wisconsin native Austin Wierschke wins "Fastest Texter in America" title for second time

Rhinelander, Wisconsin native Austin Wierschke, 17, holds a very odd two-time title: "Fastest Texter in America."

Mexican food in America: A history

One nation under tacos

Intoxilyzer software is messed up, lawyers say

​Lawyers challenging the use of Intoxilyzer breath tests in convicting drunk drivers say the copies of the machine's software they have been allowed to review are screwed up.For years, the software inside the Intoxilyzer breath alcohol testing machine determined whether or not Minnesota driver ... More >>

Minnesota dark matter researchers say they may have struck gold

It's big deal because it may provide a missing link in the effort to understand the big bang theory.

Tomás Saraceno: Lighter Than Air

Best Buy's purchase of Napster OK'd by FTC

Creepiest moments from tonight's RNC speeches

Windows 2000 and the Hiawatha Light Rail

NYTimes "Blogging Kills" article misses key point: health insurance

Café Scientifique: Evolution, Cuisine, and Romance

Look Out, Mama, There's A White Boat Comin' Up The River

In Coal We Trust

A boondoggle on the range lives another day

Brave Moo World

The Minnesota Zoo showcases a designer dairy

Robert M. Sapolsky: A Primate's Memoir

No Phoning Home

The public telephone goes the way of the rotary dial

Megawatts and Margins

NSP hands the keys for its Minnesota reactors to a holding company. Is this part of a dangerous chain reaction in the nuclear power industry?

Simple Division

From metro-area classrooms to the state Legislature, "new new math" equals controversy

Snafu U

The University of Minnesota's new computer system goes $22 million over budget--and the glitches still aren't fixed

Seeds of Dissent

Is the debate over genetically modified crops being nipped in the bud at the state capitol?

Why Johnny Can’t Breathe

Sick kids, wheezing teachers, baffled administrators: Minneapolis schools encounter trouble in the air

Hot Enough For Ya?

Back when no one believed in global climate change, local meteorologist Bruce Watson sounded the alarm. Now that everybody's predicting disaster, he's bucking the trend again.

This Means eWar!

Online retailing giant eToys.com plays legal hardball with a similarly named group of digital artists

Lobster Man

From a strip-mall office on the Twin Cities fringe, a lab researcher-turned-Bible radio star lectures the nation

URL the Pearl

While some business owners fight for their names in court, David Unowsky surrenders Hungry Mind the easy way

I Hear America Dictating

Let's take voice-recognition software for a test drive

Against the Grain

Alfalfa electricity? Northern States Power planted the idea, Minnesota farmers grew it, and a bitter tug-of-war chopped it down.

S&M&MoA

What's in a Domain?

Local politicos find themselves tangled in the Web

Everyone an Author

Third Voice's backers say the software is the last best hope for a people's Web. Critics call it cybergraffiti.

Biting Back

Apple Bites

Check's in the Mail

Under the 1994 Prairie Island law, NSP must pay millions into a clean-energy fund. Fine, says the power company--but define "pay."

The Empire Strikes Back

Bootleg basher Microsoft puts the kibosh on local computer resellers

Surf It: The Whole Web is Watching

Click and Learn

A new model for AIDS treatment activism

WEB: Stephen Hawking's Universe

Prairie Dogged

A fake flyer making the rounds at the Capitol suggests NSP wants to pay itself millions in fines for failing to move nuclear waste off Prairie Island. Lawmakers say the parody is eerily accurate.

Dust in the Wind

The cost of clean electricity, environmentalists say, should be borne by all Minnesota ratepayers, not just ecologically minded customers who can afford the premium.

Rule of the Bone

After a century of hoarding American Indian remains, scientists are being forced to return their specimens. But the bodies may not go back into the ground without a fight.

Adieu, Fairview

The arrival of managed health care at the University of Minnesota's medical clinics may mean research opportunities will dry up. As a result, many doctors are leaving the university for private practice.

The Hot Zone

Global warming isn't just a theory anymore. Now the arguments are about how dire the changes in world climate will be, how soon they'll come--and what, if anything, can be done to moderate them.

The Remains of the Day

Sounds of Strife

Genes Will Tell

Power Play: The Biggest Game in Town

The little-noted push to deregulate utilities will drive up rates and jeopardize service--not to mention

Astronomical Angst

NUCLEAR POWER'S DIRTY SECRET

When a group of activists gained access to private papers from NSP's lawsuit against Westinghouse, they got a rare look at one of the nuclear industry's most serious problems.

New technology is changing the way we hear music

Hard Times

Penile implants are supposed to make life better for men rendered impotent by injury or sickness. Sometimes they just make matters worse.

The Age of Plagues

It wasn't that long ago that medicine declared a victory over infectious disease. Now a raft of new and mutating bugs are at the door, and a declining public health system is in no shape to fight them.