Evidence of Homo naledi’s age suggests we need to rethink our understanding of human history and evolution.
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Popular programming that focuses on science tends to not actually be all that popular. Bringing in new audiences who aren’t already up to speed on science topics is a challenge.
More and more people are talking about the ‘rural-urban divide,’ but what does that phrase actually mean? We asked experts from around the country to illustrate the gap in graphs and maps.
The idea of gaydar, the ability to discern who’s gay and who isn’t, promotes stereotypes. And research purporting to prove its existence is flawed.
Now that we’re in a post-truth world, a timely report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine highlights evidence for what works and what doesn’t when talking about science.
Ali Bongo seems to have won Gabon’s elections. Yet his contested “victory” has radically changed the political field in this soft democracy, one of Africa’s richest and most stable.
Trois présidents depuis l’indépendance en 1960 ; la stabilité politique de cet État faiblement peuplé d’Afrique centrale a longtemps reposé sur un système de redistribution aujourd’hui en panne.
Pandas are bears – but two million years ago they stopped eating meat. Their digestive systems have not yet adapted, though. Do upset stomachs make panda pregnancy more difficult?
Invasive species cause some $120 billion in damages across North America yearly – and that’s just direct costs. A study of one species in one Wisconsin lake indicates the real toll is much higher.
Over five million students of the approximately 11 million students in community colleges nationwide suffer from a mental health problem.
The Hollywood flick recalls subprime’s role in the 2008 financial crisis, but, by helping more low-income households buy a home, the loans can help ease the affordability crisis and homelessness.
The discovery of Homo naledi has been a social media sensation, recording an extraordinary number of views – more than 170,000 – for a scientific paper.
As a Jesuit, Pope Francis is part of a long tradition of religious men of science. Will his leadership influence the Catholic Church’s stance on contemporary scientific issues?
Students are going hungry on college campuses. The latest survey shows that four in 10 University of California students do not have access to nutritious food.
Despite claims about its age, puzzling combinations of features from Homo naledi gives it an uncanny resemblance to human beings.
What can a bunch of people grunting in a lab teach us about our capacity to create language systems? A lot about the gesture- or vocalization-based origins of language.
Did your child just drop the F-bomb? What can you do?
Not all Asian-Americans are high-achieving model minorities. What happens when the myth of Asian disadvantage hurts some of the most marginalized students in the US?
A recent study concluded that children who watched Sesame Street in the 1970s fared better in school. Why?
The proposal to change Wisconsin tenure rules comes up for a vote by the state’s full Senate and House later this month. What will be the consequences?
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Vilas Research Professor of Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Associate Professor of Management and Human Resources, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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PANTHER Engineering Project Manager and Associate Director of the Center for Traumatic Brain Injury, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Associate Professor of Rhetoric, Politics and Culture, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Meteorologist, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Bjorn Borgen Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Center for Traumatic Brain Injury, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Associate Chair and Professor of Genetics and Epigenetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Assistant Professor of Natural Resource Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Associate Professor of Adult and Higher Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Professor of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Professor of Rhetoric, Politics & Culture, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Susan S. Engeleiter Professor of Education Law, Policy and Practice, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Professor of Animal and Dairy Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Associate Professor of Population Health Sciences and Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
