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  2. Year: 2023
  3. Month: August

Month: August 2023

A New Model of Human Origins in Africa; How Do Volcanoes Respond to Glaciation?; Fate of Aquatic Pesticides Used for Invasive Species Control; Breeding for Tree Crop Improvement

Posted on August 31, 2023

For Wednesday 30 August 2023 Hi WN@TL Fans,   Origins are of the essence:  there’s good reason Genesis opens The Book.  We use origin stories to help explain how we are today and where we’re …

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Wisconsin Weather Safety & You; A New Model of Human Origins in Africa; How Do Volcanoes Respond to Glaciation?; Fate of Aquatic Pesticides

Posted on August 21, 2023

On August 23 Kurt Kotenberg from the National Weather Service in Green Bay will be here to alert, watch & warn us about “Wisconsin Weather Safety & You.”   Description:  From blizzards to tornadoes to derechos, the …

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The UW at 175–Outlooks for Science Outreach; Wisconsin Weather Safety & You; A Model of Human Origins in Africa

Posted on August 16, 2023

Hi WN@TL Fans,   If one subscribes to the astronomical definition of summer, the first couple of weeks of August is high summer when we’re about halfway from the solstice to the equinox.  In the …

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Wisconsin’s Lost Coastal Communities; Science Outreach at 175; Wisconsin Weather Safety; A New Model of Human Origins in Africa

Posted on August 10, 2023

Hi WN@TL Fans,   As I was happily reminded last week by nearly every license plate in Montreal, “Je me souviens” is the motto of the province of Quebec.  It is a phrase poetically plump …

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Gene Editing to Treat Blindness; Wisconsin’s Lost Coastal Cities

Posted on August 3, 2023

Hi WN@TL Fans,   I’m in Montreal this week.  I first visited in 1992, driving my 1988 GMC S15 pickup with a tin topper and my Trek bike in the back.  I parked on the …

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