Category: Front List
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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 […]
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Posted on October 11, 2019
Five things everyone should know about . . . A Sand County Almanac
Aldo Leopold’s book A Sand County Almanac was published 70 years ago. But its message about our relationship with nature is more important now than […]
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Posted on June 19, 2019
Five Things Everyone Should Know about … A2 Milk
1. A2 milk comes from cows with a natural genetic variation that gives their milk a slightly different protein ratio than conventional milk. All milk […]
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Posted on February 25, 2019
Five Things Everyone Should Know about … Mycotoxins
Mycotoxins are small, poisonous molecules, produced by certain species of molds, that can cause disease or death in animals and humans. Mycotoxin-producing fungi can invade […]
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Posted on March 7, 2018
Five things everyone should know about … Switchel
1. Switchel is an apple cider vinegar-based beverage. It also contains water and other ingredients such as ginger or honey. Maple syrup, molasses, and fruit […]
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Posted on October 16, 2017
Five things everyone should know about…Birds, Buildings, and Avian Mortality
1 l Glass is invisible to birds. When birds see clouds or vegetation reflected in glass, they perceive it as open sky or habitat. Also, […]
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Posted on June 20, 2017
Five things everyone should know about . . . The Soils of Wisconsin
1 l Wisconsin’s soils were first mapped more than a century ago. The first soil map of Wisconsin was also the first ever made in […]
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Posted on February 8, 2017
Five things everyone should know about… Sloths
1) A sloth is not a sloth. There are two types of tree sloths that diverged roughly 20 million years ago—two-toed and three-toed sloths, so […]
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Posted on November 3, 2015
Five things everyone should know about … Nutmeg
1 It’s not a nut. Nutmeg is the seed kernel inside a yellow fruit of the nutmeg tree, an evergreen native to the Molucca Islands […]