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Married mothers — and mothers with live-in partners — are doing more housework than their single counterparts. That’s according to a new study, which…
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What if you had just three minutes to tell someone about your academic career? That's the idea behind a graduate school contest that's been held at…
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About $1.7 billion is spent on academic research every year in Wisconsin, with the funding coming from a mix of government agencies and private investors.…
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The Hidden Brain is about to become a little more front and center. The Morning Edition segment-turned-podcast makes its debut as a weekly radio show this…
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At the Wisconsin State Fair this month, among the extreme food offerings - like, say, the deep-fried bacon-wrapped olives on a stick - was one menu option…
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NPR gets exclusive access to a lab in Portland, Ore., where scientists have begun editing the DNA in human embryos to try to prevent genetic diseases.
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Most of the 56,000 eyes sent to the little lab in Wisconsin come from vets who want help diagnosing dogs, cats and horses. But the repository also has eyes from sloths, elephant seals and dragonflies.
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The device isn't the first technology that can turn water vapor into drinkable liquid water. But its creators say it uses less power and works in drier conditions — the key is something called a MOF.
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The hypercompetitive world of biomedical research occasionally drives scientists to cheat. More often, scientists make decisions that undercut their results. That can lead colleagues astray.
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It’s not uncommon to see UW-Madison or UW-Milwaukee named among the nation’s top research universities.State schools regularly appear on industry-compiled…