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Minnesota Department of Health Laboratories use state-of-the-art equipment to analyze bacterial genomes. Sara Vetter, director of the Public Health Lab at the Minnesota Department of Health, talks about the high-tech ways they track diseases in an effort to limit and prevent outbreaks. [Read Transcript...]
An all-girls robotics team from St. Paul, Minnesota is leading the way for girls in STEM. The "Bucket Cats," along with hundreds of other young engineers gathered in Burnsville, Minnesota to compete in the FIRST LEGO League state competition. Teams come from around the state with robots they have built from LEGOs and compete to win points in robot missions. With a focus on underwater exploration, each team must also create an innovation project that showcases their problem-solving skills and passion for science, technology, engineering, and math. As an excellent example of girls in STEM, the Bucket Cats demonstrate the impact that programs like FLL can have on building confidence and providing essential skills for girls to pursue careers in these fields. [Read Transcript...]
For part two of our ongoing commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Safe Drinking Water Act, North Star Stories spoke with the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy (MCEA) about the state of water in Minnesota and the significance of this landmark legislation. [Read Transcript...]
It was November 20th, 1979, at when a 67-year-old Jehovah's Witness patient was readmitted to the university of Minnesota’s hospital after suffering severe blood loss and infection from a vascular surgery on his leg. But Jehovah’s Witnesses don’t believe in blood transfusions… [Read Transcript...]
