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
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 …
The UW at 175–Outlooks for Science Outreach; Wisconsin Weather Safety & You; A Model of Human Origins in Africa
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 …
Wisconsin’s Lost Coastal Communities; Science Outreach at 175; Wisconsin Weather Safety; A New Model of Human Origins in Africa
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 …
Gene Editing to Treat Blindness; Wisconsin’s Lost Coastal Cities
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 …
Buttermaking in Wisconsin; Gene Editing to Treat Blindness; Wisconsin’s Lost Coastal Communities
Hi WN@TL Fans, When the Babcock Dairy Store rolled out its new logo earlier this year, the press release announcing the occasion noted that the logo included icons of three signature dairy products: cheese, ice cream, and …
Are the Humanities Still Useful?; Buttermaking in Wisconsin; Gene Editing to Treat Blindness; Wisconsin’s Lost Coastal Communities
Hi WN@TL Fans, Aristotle was not hostile to investigations of both Nature and Society. In founding his Lyceum he pioneered the liberal arts university as an enterprise that raised high the idea of original empirical inquiry built …
“Energy 101” this week at Wednesday Nite @ The Lab
Hi WN@TL Fans, I will miss this week’s talk, but I hope you won’t. This was my second trip to Senegal, nearly 20 years after my first one. A score of years enables some piercing …
Neutrinos From Milky Way Will Help Map Our Galaxy; Energy 101 from Home to On The Road
“Wednesday Nite @ The Lab” Public Science Talks Wednesdays at 7pm CT Room 1111 Genetics Biotech Center, 425 Henry Mall, Madison WI, or Zoom at https://go.wisc.edu/240r59 or Stream at https://www.youtube.com/@wednesdaynitethelab8948 For Wednesday 5 July 2023 Hi WN@TL Fans, How …
Energy Advocacy Beyond the Midwest; The Total Eclipse of the Sun 4/8/24; Chillingly Good News from Ice Cube; Energy 101
For Wednesday, June 21, 2023 Hi WN@TL Fans, It’s the Summer Solstice, a good day to make like the Sun and stand still for a moment–while the Sun radiates, we reflect. If we circumspect, we …