Category: Front List
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Posted on March 8, 2024
Five Features of the Secret Ecosystem Under the Snow
At first glance, the winter landscape in Wisconsin can appear relatively lifeless. But life is out there — in many places. For example, beneath […]
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Posted on November 2, 2023
Five Energizing Facts About Agrivoltaics
In the quest to combat climate change, the idea of using agricultural landscapes in the Midwest to support renewable energy production has focused primarily […]
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Posted on July 7, 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 […]
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Posted on March 9, 2023
Five Counterintuitive Facts for the Conscientious Lawn Owner
Healthy lawns can prevent phosphorus from entering lakes and streams, where it causes problematic algal blooms. Phosphorus is an important element for plant growth. […]
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Posted on October 18, 2022
Six Facts about Antioxidants You Won’t Learn from Advertising
It’s hard to walk through the grocery store without encountering at least one product that touts the health benefits of antioxidants. Marketed as the […]
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Posted on August 2, 2022
Six Hard Truths about Vertical Farming
The promise of vertical farming — grow crops anytime, anywhere — is fantastic. Promoters speak of a world where wheat cultivated in a repurposed […]
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Posted on April 29, 2022
Six Key Facts about Lab-Grown Meat
Plant-based protein and “meat-alternative” products have streamed into the marketplace in recent years. This trend has been driven in part by world population growth […]
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Posted on November 8, 2021
Six Reasons Why Life Might Exist on Venus
The ingredients for life are adrift in the Venusian clouds. Life is primarily composed of six chemical elements: carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and […]
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Posted on June 16, 2021
The Top Five Myths about Microwave Cooking
MYTH 1: Microwaves make food radioactive. Fact: Microwaves are a form of non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation used to detect speeding cars and to send telephone […]
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Posted on February 25, 2021
Seven Things Everyone Should Know about . . . Tardigrades
1. Tardigrades are tiny, water-loving animals. They prefer wet environments, and as long as the conditions are right, they can be found all over […]
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Posted on October 1, 2020
Five things everyone should know about . . . The Economic Impacts of COVID-19
1. In a single month, the COVID-19 pandemic erased more than a decade’s-worth of new jobs. During the Great Recession (2007-09), Wisconsin’s employment level […]
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Posted on June 11, 2020
Eight Things Everyone Should Know about . . . Coronaviruses
Coronaviruses come from a large family. It includes four genera and many species that infect a variety of mammals and birds — and sometimes […]