Category: Highlights
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Posted on November 6, 2023
One civet coffee, please — hold the poop
Thailand produces some of the most expensive coffee in the world, as much as $100 a cup or $600 per pound in some countries. The […]
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Posted on October 31, 2023
The food label effect
Use the term “genetically engineered food,” chances are you’ll spark a debate. Some praise its societal benefits — lower greenhouse gas emissions and reduced food […]
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Posted on October 30, 2023
Babcock ice cream flavor chosen to mark 175th anniversary
The voters have spoken: 175 S’more Years will be the commemorative ice cream flavor for the University of Wisconsin’s 175th anniversary celebration. UW–Madison’s Babcock Hall Dairy […]
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Posted on October 24, 2023
One step ahead of Wisconsin’s weather
Wisconsin weather has grown increasingly unpredictable and extreme since the 1950s. The rapid shift poses difficult challenges for farmers, researchers, and the public. But with […]
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Posted on October 16, 2023
Less elbow room for wildlife: Animals encounter each other more often when they live closer to humans
Human presence and influence on landscapes change the way other animals interact by bringing them close together more frequently than happens in wilder places. That’s […]
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Posted on October 13, 2023
200-year-old DNA helps map tiny fly’s genetic course to new lands, modern times
Back when the biggest fly enthusiasts of 19th century Sweden — Carl Fredrik Fallén, for one, and later Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt — were collecting insects […]
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Posted on October 7, 2023
Breaking through the noise of cellular signaling
You’re in a room, and everyone is talking at the same time. It’s loud and chaotic. You hear many voices, and while you occasionally pick […]
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Posted on October 6, 2023
Remnant of cell division could be responsible for spreading cancer
Once thought to be the trash can of the cell, a little bubble of cellular stuff called the midbody remnant is actually packing working genetic […]
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Posted on October 2, 2023
New recipes for origin of life may point way to distant, inhabited planets
Life on a faraway planet — if it’s out there — might not look anything like life on Earth. But there are only so many […]
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Posted on September 11, 2023
Six brain-freezing facts about nondairy frozen desserts
Ice cream has long been a popular, almost sacred, part of global diets. Influenced by consumer appetites, ice cream comes in a host of flavors, […]