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Going 'Up' with Minnesotan Pete Docter

Going 'Up' with Minnesotan Pete Docter

Five years of work by a Bloomington native culminates this weekend with the release of the new Pixar movie, called "Up." The film is directed by Pete Docter, who grew up in the Twin Cities suburb. Docter says if you look closely, the movie has some strong Midwestern influences.
by Euan Kerr

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Living in a digital space

Living in a digital space

The wave of digitization is coming as compact discs are tossed out in exchange for iPods, and the Kindle promises to make books obsolete. Midmorning asks what is the role of hard media in our lives, and what will we lose by moving from analog to digital format in our living spaces?

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The science of tornadoes

A team of tornado researchers is currently roaming the Great Plains, in the middle of the most ambitious attempt ever to determine the origin, evolution, and structure of tornadoes. Their hope is to increase the accuracy of forecasts and warnings.
by Paul Huttner

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Time and the afterlife

Time and the afterlife

A neuroscientist by day and a fiction writer by night, David Eagleman explores the implications of how we perceive time. And in a new book of short stories, he takes a quirky look at life after death.

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NASA shuttle landing delayed for 2nd day in a row

NASA shuttle landing delayed for 2nd day in a row

Thunderstorms prevented space shuttle Atlantis from returning to its home base Saturday for the second day in a row, and kept the astronauts circling Earth after a successful repair job at the Hubble Space Telescope.

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Great Conversations: Innovative Science

Great Conversations: Innovative Science

Over the past century, biomedical research has led to significant health improvements and increased human longevity. As part of the University of Minnesota's Great Conversation Series, two leading doctors discuss the breakthrough therapies needed to prevent, treat, and cure fatal ailments.

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Pawlenty, legislative leaders look back at session

Pawlenty, legislative leaders look back at session

DFL legislative leaders join Midday while travelling around the state to give their take on the session that ended at midnight. Then, Gov. Tim Pawlenty speaks with reporters after meeting with his advisers to plan cuts he will enact to balance the budget on his own.

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