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  • Blogs

    July 7, 2012

    'God particle' search may have ended, with help from the U of M

    With some help from the University of Minnesota, scientists have discovered a new particle that could aid in answering questions about what the universe is made of, what forces are at work within it, and what gives matter substance. Nuclear researchers announced earlier this week that they have ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2011

    Minnesota Catholic Conference: Say no to human cloning

    The Minessota Catholic Conference opposes the plot of this movie.​The Minnesota Catholic Conference is taking a stand against human cloning. At the moment, it's not clear who's on the other side of this issue, but they still seem pretty fired up about it.In a message to members, the MCC is telling ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2011

    Xcel Energy, EPA win Supreme Court battle on climate change laws

    WikipediaXcel Energy and other utilities sided with the EPA in court and won.​In news that initially sounds like a contradiction in terms, the Environmental Protection Agency and five major utility companies including Minnesota-based Xcel Energy, have scored a win together in the U.S. Supreme ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2011

    Sen. Michael Jungbauer denies climate science, and faking his resume

    Sen. Mike Jungbauer, climate expert.​State Sen. Michael Jungbauer says he's smarter than 98 percent of the men and women who have dedicated their lives to studying climatology, and dismisses their work on climate change and global warming as alarmist nonsense. What gives the Republican from E ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2011

    Will Steger baffled by Tim Pawlenty's global warming flip flop

    Steger sees the politics behind Pawlenty's about face.​Arctic explorer Will Steger, who's seen more evidence of global warming up close and personal than most of us ever will outside the pages of National Geographic, was once really proud of the way Tim Pawlenty listened to science and evidenc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2011

    Minnesota Planetarium Society changes Zodiac

    Everything you think you know about zodiac signs is wrong.​So there you are, thinking that you've been a passionate, mercurial and obsessive Scorpio your whole life and boom, now you're a Libra. A Libra! Indecisive, gullible, self-indulgent. For this news, and for completely upending those wo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2010

    Metrodome collapse: Proof global climate change is a hoax! [VIDEO]

    NASARush Limbaugh knows more about climate science than NASA.​The Earth is warming up. The glaciers are melting. There's no serious debate among climate experts that we're in a pickle. And then the Metrodome goes and collapses in a blizzard. What more proof do you need that global climate ch ... More >>

  • News

    August 18, 2010

    Playing Their Hot Hand

    Local weather wonks are living large

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2010

    Minnesota tornado count leads U.S. in 2010

    Minnesota's 2010 tornado count leads the U.S.​It isn't even close. Minnesota isn't the land of 10,00 lakes anymore, it's tornado alley. According to NOAA, 122 twisters have been reported here so far this year. The nearest competitor? Texas, with 87. Ha! Take that you cowboys.

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2009

    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.

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2009

    Minnesota dark matter news may have been premature

    A prominent science journal will evidently not be publishing a paper on a possible groundbreaking discovery in northern Minnesota.

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2009

    Minnesota mine may host first dark matter detected on Earth

    New clues about the formation and behavior of the universe may lay at the bottom of a mine in Soudan.

  • News

    April 29, 2009

    Westlaw rises to legal publishing fame by selling free information

    St. Paul company outprofits Gannett, McGraw Hill, New York Times

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2009

    Senate votes to lift ban on nuclear power

    State legislators took steps yesterday to lift a 15-year ban on the development of nuclear power plants in Minnesota. Now it's up to the House to decide.

  • Calendar

    April 1, 2009

    100 Hours of Astronomy at Anoka-Ramsey

    State legislators took steps yesterday to lift a 15-year ban on the development of nuclear power plants in Minnesota. Now it's up to the House to decide.

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2008

    Café Scientifique: Green Chemistry

    State legislators took steps yesterday to lift a 15-year ban on the development of nuclear power plants in Minnesota. Now it's up to the House to decide.

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2008

    KSTP's Dave Dahl: Sun, not man, changes climate

    State legislators took steps yesterday to lift a 15-year ban on the development of nuclear power plants in Minnesota. Now it's up to the House to decide.

  • Calendar

    August 27, 2008

    Private Dancer

    State legislators took steps yesterday to lift a 15-year ban on the development of nuclear power plants in Minnesota. Now it's up to the House to decide.

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2008

    Midwest corn production vs. Gulf of Mexico ecology

    State legislators took steps yesterday to lift a 15-year ban on the development of nuclear power plants in Minnesota. Now it's up to the House to decide.

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2008

    The Alf Defense: Don't open the e-mail, and it never happened

    State legislators took steps yesterday to lift a 15-year ban on the development of nuclear power plants in Minnesota. Now it's up to the House to decide.

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2008

    Santa gets a tan: the North Pole is melting

    State legislators took steps yesterday to lift a 15-year ban on the development of nuclear power plants in Minnesota. Now it's up to the House to decide.

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2008

    Michele Bachmann calls John McCain a tax-and-spend liberal

    State legislators took steps yesterday to lift a 15-year ban on the development of nuclear power plants in Minnesota. Now it's up to the House to decide.

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2008

    Local weatherman doesn't know which way the wind blows on global warming

    State legislators took steps yesterday to lift a 15-year ban on the development of nuclear power plants in Minnesota. Now it's up to the House to decide.

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2008

    Star will explode in gamma ray burst, dooming all life

    State legislators took steps yesterday to lift a 15-year ban on the development of nuclear power plants in Minnesota. Now it's up to the House to decide.

  • Calendar

    January 9, 2008

    Binary Star

    State legislators took steps yesterday to lift a 15-year ban on the development of nuclear power plants in Minnesota. Now it's up to the House to decide.

  • Feature

    December 12, 2007

    Explorer Returns to the Arctic to Take On Global Warming

    The story of true ice man Will Steger, from our Winter Guide

  • News

    September 12, 2007

    Letters to the Editor

    September 12th, 2007

  • Movies

    June 7, 2006

    Fahrenheit 2050

    Al Gore's 'Truth' goes for deep impact

  • News

    March 29, 2006

    When Good Science is Bad Politics

    A troublesome family of synthetic chemicals called PFCs—many of them produced in Minnesota—is turning up in the bodies of people and animals worldwide. So why did the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency force its leading PFC researcher, Dr. F

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2005

    Monkey business

    A troublesome family of synthetic chemicals called PFCs—many of them produced in Minnesota—is turning up in the bodies of people and animals worldwide. So why did the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency force its leading PFC researcher, Dr. F

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2005

    A new Ice Age--and a Minnesota connection

    A troublesome family of synthetic chemicals called PFCs—many of them produced in Minnesota—is turning up in the bodies of people and animals worldwide. So why did the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency force its leading PFC researcher, Dr. F

  • News

    November 23, 2005

    The Mad Scientist

    Biologist and blogger PZ Myers speaks out on the war on science, intelligent design, and the sexual habits of giant squid

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2005

    The sound of the earth collapsing

    Biologist and blogger PZ Myers speaks out on the war on science, intelligent design, and the sexual habits of giant squid

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2005

    Let the End Times Roll

    Biologist and blogger PZ Myers speaks out on the war on science, intelligent design, and the sexual habits of giant squid

  • News

    November 5, 2003

    The Uncertainty Principle

    Can theoretical physics save an Iron Range town?

  • Books

    November 27, 2002

    Counting Their Lucky Stars

    Can theoretical physics save an Iron Range town?

  • Books

    September 19, 2001

    Terrorism Today

    A primer on avoiding yesterday's war

  • Books

    August 1, 2001

    Brave Moo World

    The Minnesota Zoo showcases a designer dairy

  • Books

    September 27, 2000

    A Rice by Any Other Name

    The University of Minnesota's genetic research on wild rice goes against the grain

  • Books

    May 10, 2000

    Simple Division

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

  • News

    December 8, 1999

    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.

  • Books

    November 24, 1999

    Lobster Man

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

  • Feature

    April 8, 1998

    WEB: Stephen Hawking's Universe

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

  • Feature

    February 1, 1998

    D-N-GAY?

    Steven Epstein separates the biology from the bias in Timothy F. Murphy's Gay Science: The Ethics of Sexual Orientation Research

  • News

    July 30, 1997

    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.

  • News

    July 9, 1997

    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.

  • News

    April 9, 1997

    Genes Will Tell

    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.

  • Feature

    February 26, 1997

    Astronomical Angst

    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.

  • News

    August 28, 1996

    GENES, DESTINY, AND BIG BROTHER

    UM Professor David Lykken has spent his career studying the role of nature and nurture in shaping people. And he believes his research shows the best society would be one in which the state decides who gets to have children.
    by Jennifer Vogel

  • News

    December 13, 1995

    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.

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