Science

New science on fetal alcohol exposure
New research and studies seek to answer questions about how alcohol affects a fetal brain. The goal is to diagnose children with fetal alcohol syndrome earlier.
The year in consumer electronics
As you prepare your holiday shopping list, two technology wizards take a look back at the hot gadgets of 2007, and the not-so-hot.
Fighting global warming by manipulating the climate
Mirrors in space? Dispersing sulfur into the stratosphere? These are just some of the ideas that have been suggested as a last-ditch effort to combat global warming. But some are concerned that manipulating the climate could be disastrous.
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.
States join to block lower air standards near taconite mine
The state attorneys general in Minnesota and Wisconsin are joining environmental groups to stop Northshore Mining Co. efforts in federal court to lower the standard for fibers in the air near the company's Silver Bay taconite plant.
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.