Milwaukee Area Native Named National Geographic’s 2020 Explorer Of The Year
Corey Jaskolski grew up in and around Milwaukee and loved visiting the Milwaukee Public Museum as a child. "My mom ...
Meet The Wisconsinites Who Build Their Own ‘Star Wars’ Droids
“Star Wars” is one of the most beloved movie franchises in the world. And a big part of those movies ...
An Exciting Development, CRISPR Lets UW-Madison Researchers Edit Genes
In the last decade, scientists have made incredible strides in understanding the world around us. From taking the first photo of ...
UW-Madison Researchers Study Coyotes In The City
Coyotes have moved into areas within the Madison city limits. What does that mean for human and canid coexistence? Researchers ...
Citizen Scientists Help Answer Ecological Questions
As Director of the UW-Madison Arboretum, Karen Oberhauser oversees over a thousand acres of land in the heart of Madison. ...
Increase Lapham, Wisconsin’s First Scientist
On an early summer evening in 1836, the steamship New York docked on the Milwaukee lakefront and a young naturalist ...
Wisconsin’s Brewsters Share What They Love About Beer
Among the dozens of craft breweries around Wisconsin, women run the show in only three of them. Jamie Baertsch has ...
Paranormal Investigators Look For Ghosts In Milwaukee
Milwaukee journalist Tea Krulos spent over a year meeting individuals who have made it their life's passion to hunt down ...
Geologists Rewrite The Story Of Wisconsin’s Boaz Mastodon
This year marks a major anniversary for one of Wisconsin’s most famous fossils. But before they could celebrate, Madison geologists ...
Topographical Textiles
Quilting may be centuries old but artist Leah Evans makes quilts that are far from traditional. Inspired by maps, aerial ...
UW Professor Teaches A Dairy Sensory Evaluation Course
States like California may cultivate wine taste-testers; but here in Wisconsin, we develop dairy taste-testers. For 36 years, UW-Madison Emeritus ...
Cancer Doctor Becomes Cancer Patient
Just two weeks into his career as a cancer researcher in Madison, Dustin Deming was diagnosed with the very cancer ...
DNR Biologist Uses Radio Transmitters To Track Wood Turtles
Carly Lapin is a Department of Natural Resources Conservation Biologist assigned to study wood turtles in northern Wisconsin. She will use ...
Woman Recalls First Flight In A Glider And Her Forty Years Of Soaring Since
As a child, Judy Ruprecht dreamt she could fly like a bird As a teenager, she went for a flight ...
Botanical Artist Creates Flora And Fauna Illustrations
Kandis Elliot understands she has an “old-timey” job. Back in the 1800’s scientists relied on artists to illustrate textbooks and ...