Science

Former Howard Dean presidential campaign manager Joe Trippi speaks about campaign organizing and the use of the Internet. Trippi spoke at Ruminator Books in St. Paul.
The Transportation Security Adminsitration says its trial run of the "registered traveler" program is going so well it's considering extending the life of the project. The program allows some frequent flyers to bypass regular security checkpoints in their home airports by agreeing to background checks and identity verification through fingerprint and iris scans. The TSA launched the pilot program at the Minneapolis- St. Paul International Airport in early July.
In a dry riverbed in eastern North Dakota, people on their hands and knees carefully uncover rare bones. This river valley was gouged from the earth 10,000 years ago by water from melting glaciers. In the bed of an ancient ocean, scientists found a giant sea turtle. The discovery is from a time and place far removed from the North Dakota wheat fields.
Security must extend from the farmer to the fork as the government works to ensure that the nation's food supply is kept safe from terrorists, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said on Tuesday at the University of Minnesota.
The privately funded rocket plane SpaceShipOne will go down in the history books as the world's first commercial manned space flight. Its success comes at a time when the government is reevaluating the private sector's role in space exploration.
A bipartisan measure to be introduced in Congress would double funding for national Alzheimer's research and honor the late President Reagan. Is the death of one high profile patient enough to spur advances in a disease that debilitates one in ten Americans age 65 and older?
Bugs are emerging from our gardens and marshes. Entomologists also are watching for signs of an insect that's killing thousands of ash trees in nearby states.
Record high gas prices have people thinking about their cars like never before. We'll get an update on all the latest news from the car industry, including Ford's plan for a hybrid SUV and the end of the Oldsmobile line.
Experts say the U.S. is losing its dominance in the world of science. Foreign innovations now often rival or exceed America's achievements. Some say this trend could impact everything from the job market to national security to cultural life.
When House Republicans released a $683 million capital improvements package this week, it contained a transportation project that surprised some observers. The bill includes $4 million for a testing facility for personal rapid transit -- PRT. The idea has the support of some fiscal conservatives who don't usually support mass transit projects. Skeptics call it a boondoggle.