MN90: Dino-mite
What's a big and tall, lived over 65 million years ago but now lives in St. Paul? If it's an ancient reptile, then chances are it's the Science Museum's diplodocus. [Read Transcript...]
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MN90: Project Man High: The Space Race in Minnesota
At the bottom of an iron mine in Crosby, Minnesota, Major David Simons was sealed into an aluminum capsule and attached to a 280-foot tall balloon, as part of a secret mission by the Air Force. As producer Sam Radwany reports, the mission set the stage for the space race in the coming years. [Read Transcript...]
MN90: The K-Ration
WWII soldiers sometimes went days without eating a hot meal. What did they consume instead? The K-Ration. Packaged in plain, brown boxes and labeled BREAKFAST, LUNCH and DINNER, these meals equipped US soldiers with the calories necessary for survival. They were developed by U of M scientist Ancel Keys. MN90 producer Allison Herrera tells us … [Read Transcript...]
MN90: Open Heart Surgery
For most of history, the human heart was off limits to medicine. The first closed heart surgery began in the 1940’s. In the 1950’s, a pair of physicians who worked in mobile surgical units of World War II discovered that open heart surgery could be an option. Producer Allison Herrera tells us about the first … [Read Transcript...]