Sharing Science With Wisconsin
UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater To subscribe to this group, send an email to allianceall+subscribe@g-groups.wisc.edu For 20 December 2021 Hi Everyone, The shortest days of the year are here and the coldest ones lurk in the weeks ahead. In the lingering last days of the year, reflection turns to retrospection and, if we have the internal optics, …
UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater For 13 December 2021 Hi Everyone, As the mid-December daylight dwindles, we sidle up to the solstice and peer out at the depths of winter ahead of us. It is a time of determination and resolve. Grit is not just the stuff we put on streets and sidewalks to keep us from …
UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater For 6 December 2021 Hi Everyone, We are but 15 days from the summer solstice, if one lives in Perth, Australia rather than in Perth, Scotland. Christmas down under is a holiday of the height of summer rather than the depth of winter. The two Perths remind us that much depends on …
Explore the Unknown! For December 1, 2021 Hi WN@TL Fans, As I drove on I-94 to Chicago on Sunday afternoon I noticed a huge sign standing about three feet south of the state line hawking cannabis. The billboards at the border tell a tale of two states: southbound, they’re now selling marijuana; northbound, we’re still …
UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater For 29 November 2021 Hi Everyone, A week ago, I had not yet heard of the new covid variant dubbed “Omicron.” By Friday afternoon it was the leading story in the news. On Friday evening my family happened to choose to re-watch “Darkest Hour.” Given the news of the day, …
UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater For 22 November 2021 Hi Everyone, I will be sending out a longer Thanksgiving missive on Wednesday. I wish everyone the best today. Somedays we especially need our best, and on those days we especially need each other. Thank you, Tom Zinnen …
Explore the Unknown! For November 17, 2021 Hi WN@TL Fans, When I was studying botany at UW-Platteville 4.5 decades ago, I first came across several terms or ideas (…is there a difference?) that at the time were short shrifted but since then have grown and blossomed. One was “epigenetics”. It …
UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater For 15 November 2021 Hi Everyone, We are but 10 days away from Thanksgiving. Snow flurries are beginning to slow our daily hurries—and inject uncertainties into our plans for going over the river and through the wood. After we return from Grandfather’s house, it’ll be but three weeks til the end …
Explore the Unknown! For November 10, 2021 Hi WN@TL Fans, Since at least the time of the mythical Daedalus, humans have sought to go higher to see farther and more clearly. While Daedalus and Icarus flew to flee more than to see, the exuberant Icarus was among the …
UW–Madison Science Alliance Updater For 8 November 2021 Hi Everyone, The events this past Wednesday reminded me that in some sports such as football, basketball and baseball, a key part of excellence in performance is for one player to distract, to divert, to misdirect, to fake out another player — usually a player on the opposition. …