Science and Technology

Methamphetamine is typically associated with recreational drug use. But Heather Barkholtz, assistant professor at the UW-Madison School of Pharmacy, said the drug also has a place in medicine. 

More than a century after being buried, and decade after being exhumed, a group of Milwaukee County residents are still awaiting a final resting place

To see how the drugs influence people behind the wheel, researchers at the UW-Madison are gearing up to administer set levels of delta-8 and delta-9 THC to people in a pilot study, and place them in a driving simulator. 

On Sunday, the city released a statement saying its internal team and cybersecurity experts were investigating “unauthorized access to our network by an external party.”

Passenger pigeons have been extinct for over a century, but conservation groups want to bring them back for their role in forestry management. Their hordes were thought to create exceptionally green forests and fertile farmland.

Intense storms and flooding have sent runoff surging into a shallow bay of Lake Superior in the last decade, and a new study finds runoff is the largest driver of phosphorus concentrations there that can lead to algae blooms. But unlike other areas on the Great Lakes, the Chequamegon Bay near Ashland hasn’t faced any…

Who swoops in when a self-driving semi truck needs help? Many years from now, it could be a remote driver.

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison say people with clinical depression could potentially be helped by treatment involving psilocybin, the psychoactive ingredient in magic mushrooms.

As migrating birds fly south through Wisconsin, they encounter hazards that can be fatal – such as cats, wind turbines and windows.  

Fall is a great time for star gazing, amateur astronomer Paul Kinzer said on “The Larry Meiller Show.” Kinzer shared nine celestial sights to behold in the coming weeks and months.