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Yearly Archives: 2015

A heat map of the world — With warm weather across the country, in places typically coated with snow, we thought it was a good time to revisit this recent Q&A with UW-Madison climate scientist, Dan Vimont. Hopefully you weren’t anticipating a white Christmas this year. A tropical one is beginning to seem more likely … The […]

What the warm? An El Niño Q&A with a climate ...

December 14, 2015 by Kelly April Tyrrell

Children sit at a picnic table outside the Waisman Center at UW-Madison — The following is a guest post from Adityraup “Rup” Chakravorty, Waisman Communications: >As children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) transition to adulthood, many see an appreciable improvement in their symptoms. But the degree of improvement varies greatly. Years ago, researchers at the Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison began to wonder, could […]

Mothers and schools matter for people with autism spectrum disorders

December 7, 2015 by Kelly April Tyrrell

Do you play music for your dog or cat because Fluffy or Fido loves the same music as you? Maybe, but if you gave your critter an “off” switch, you might just return to a quiet house.

Music: Is it an animal thing?

November 18, 2015 by David Tenenbaum

Though the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports flu activity has been low so far this year, if you haven’t already, now is the time to get vaccinated. Flu season generally peaks in the U.S. between December and February, the agency says, and it can take up to two […]

Get your flu shot!

November 16, 2015 by Kelly April Tyrrell

A side view of the Edmund Fitzgerald — For some under a certain age, the name Edmund Fitzgerald may conjure a Midwestern craft brew, or a haunting song their parents used to listen to by Gordon Lightfoot. But both pay homage to the Great Lakes freighter named Edmund Fitzgerald, which, 40-years-ago today (10 November 1975), disappeared on Lake Superior with all […]

Did a freak wave sink the Edmund Fitzgerald?

November 10, 2015 by Kelly April Tyrrell

A line of clouds ahead of a cold front appears in a satellite image over the Midwest — The UW-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center has long been a pioneer in the science (and art) of satellite imaging. SSEC is actually celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. One of their satellite images caught our eye today. The meteorological GOES-East satellite (one of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites) shows the Midwest’s current bout of warm […]

Watch a cold front push November’s warmth out

November 5, 2015 by Kelly April Tyrrell

An aerial view of the Yahara watershed — Minnesota may be called the Land of 10,000 Lakes, but Wisconsin probably has more. Likely, it has more. Or maybe it doesn’t. It’s a matter of opinion. Or, definition. Apparently, the exact number isn’t well known. What is known is that many places in Wisconsin are defined by their lakes, from Rock […]

Modeling the future of a watershed

November 4, 2015 by Kelly April Tyrrell

Researchers and lawmakers sit at a table to talk about challenges and solutions to support early-career scientists — Young scientists in the U.S. today face tremendous hurdles. Take, for example, the fact that while the average scientist in 1980 was 36 when they scored their first NIH (National Institutes of Health) grant, it now takes seven more years to achieve that significant career milestone. And young scientists are finding it […]

Legislation aimed at helping scientists sustain their careers

October 26, 2015 by Kelly April Tyrrell

This Friday and Saturday, educators, artists, researchers, students and anyone else with an interest can learn the nuts and bolts of location-based app development at the Madison basecamp for the Aris Global Game Jam. The local game jam is part of the 2015 Wisconsin Science Festival and will be held […]

Game Jam: Learn How to Make Your Own Location-Based App

October 21, 2015 by trdevitt