Science
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Despite high nutrient levels, a Lake Superior bay avoids algae blooms
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…
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Wisconsin is on the front lines of psychedelic research that could reach millions
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.
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How science is revolutionizing our ideas of life and death
Sam Parnia, an intensive care physician at the NYU School of Medicine, believes we’re on the cusp of major scientific advances that will transform end-of-life medical care. He’s one of the world’s leading experts in resuscitation medicine and the author of “Lucid Dying.” He spoke with Steve Paulson for “To The Best of Our Knowledge.”
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Author Chris Nashawaty on the sci-fi summer spectacular of 1982
Author Chris Nashawaty talks with WPR’s “BETA” about how this moment may have been both a historical turning point in Hollywood history and an unfortunate epicenter to our current IP-driven stasis at the box office.
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Community pushes for UW-Oshkosh Fox Cities educational buildings to stay open
More than a dozen community members voiced their opinions and concerns at a public hearing last week after the UW-Oshkosh Fox Cities Board of Trustees approved an appraisal of its on-campus buildings.
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Zorba Paster: Living life with purpose may help fend off dementia
Researchers postulated that a lack of purpose and personal growth might precede mild cognitive impairment and, therefore, Alzheimer’s.
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Up to 11 ancient canoes found in Madison’s Lake Mendota, archaeologists say
The Wisconsin Historical Society is planning additional research. In the meantime, all but two of the boats are consider too fragile to remove from the lake.
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Historic pig-to-human kidney transplant excites Wisconsin medical community
A pair of Wisconsin kidney specialists say wait times for organ transplants could improve in the U.S after a Boston hospital transplants a genetically modified pig kidney into a living human.
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Wisconsinites find camaraderie during solar eclipse watch party
People young and old stretched out on the lawn looking up as the moon inched more and more in front of the sun.
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Under scrutiny, UW-Madison virus lab opens its doors
The bill would have ended all so-called “gain-of-function” research at higher education institutions in the state, and cut funding from any university that continued such experiments