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  2. Year: 2018
  3. Month: February

Month: February 2018

The Evolution of the Chicken

Posted on February 28, 2018

For February 28, 2018 Starting our 13th Year Hi WN@TL Fans, I can think of only a few domesticated animals that provide us daily food without slaughter. If the squeal were a meal, we could …

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Observing Global Croplands from Space

Posted on February 21, 2018

For February 21, 2018 Hi WN@TL Fans, One of the most impressive scientific outcomes of the Lewis & Clark Expedition was the hand-drawn, hand-annotated map William Clark made in 1810 of part of the continent of North …

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Sex, Cells, Evolution: The Molecular Origins of Meiosis & Its Sometimes Strange Natural History

Posted on February 14, 2018

For February 14, 2018 Hi WN@TL Fans, Wow.  Valentine’s Day and Ash Wednesday on the same day.  Celebrating the carnal on the day after Carnival. Sometimes even the most familiar stuff can surprise you. And what …

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A Legacy of Research and Ecological Restoration at the UW–Madison Arboretum

Posted on February 7, 2018

For February 7, 2018 Hi WN@TL Fans, John Muir, our university’s leading light among its pantheon of drop-outs, spent much of his adult life working to save some of our nation’s most splendid places.  Among …

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