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The Daily Circuit Blog

MPR News Quirks, quips and questions off the air

Archives for July 2012

News & Trends

Video: Jonah Lehrer on the science of creativity

Stephanie Curtis July 31, 2012, 10:45 AM Jul 31, 2012
3

He recounts a tale of how Dylan rekindled his creativity.

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Science

Watch a mosquito go from larva to adult

Stephanie Curtis July 31, 2012, 10:30 AM Jul 31, 2012
2

This black and white 1950s science film is beautiful.

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News & Trends

Are suburbs and small towns friendly to diversity?

Stephanie Curtis July 30, 2012, 3:56 PM Jul 30, 2012
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Plus watch a sales pitch aimed at the young suburbanites of the 1950s that Kerri stumbled across.

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News & Trends

Did you ever cheat in school?

Stephanie Curtis July 30, 2012, 10:00 AM Jul 30, 2012
31

“He thought that getting a test answer from another student in advance was no different than studying with a partner.”

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Economy, Business & Jobs · Politics & Government

Poll: Should we extend the Bush-era tax cuts?

Stephanie Curtis July 30, 2012, 8:28 AM Jul 30, 2012
28

The U.S. House took up a Senate-passed bill this week that would limit Bush-era tax cuts to the first $250,000 of income.

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Arts & Culture

What are your grammar and language pet peeves?

Stephanie Curtis July 27, 2012, 8:29 AM Jul 27, 2012
109

It’s vs.its. Which vs. that. Who can tell us how to use lie and lay correctly?

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Arts & Culture · Books

The Daily Circuit quiz: American literature

Stephanie Curtis July 26, 2012, 11:45 AM Jul 26, 2012
31

How well do you know Zora Neale Hurston, Zane Grey, and other writers on the Library of Congress “88 Books that Changed America” list?

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News & Trends

4 steps to being more charismatic

Stephanie Curtis July 25, 2012, 1:17 PM Jul 25, 2012
1

Stop hunching over!

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Science

Are you a global warming optimist?

Stephanie Curtis July 25, 2012, 8:51 AM Jul 25, 2012
8

Includes links to the sites and articles, including Bill McKibben’s, that were mentioned on the show today.

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Economy, Business & Jobs

A new way to think about the cost of your airline ticket

Stephanie Curtis July 24, 2012, 4:03 PM Jul 24, 2012
2

“This bit about Minneapolis as somehow a lot worse off than other airports just simply isn’t true,” said Mike Boyd.

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