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• UW-Madison to host Science Olympiad National Tournament on May 18-21 March 8, 2011 More than 6,000 students, educators and parents from around the country will visit the University of Wisconsin-Madison Wednesday-Saturday, May 18-21, for the 27th annual Science Olympiad National Tournament.
• Discovery Town Center debuts Saturday Science Series for families March 3, 2011 The Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery Town Center will debut a new monthly series of free science exploration and education programs aimed at kids and families this Saturday March 5. Its first program, Leopold Discovery Day, invites learner of all ages to celebrate the life and discoveries of legendary University of Wisconsin-Madison environmentalist Aldo Leopold, known as the "father of wildlife management."
• Ecological adaptation likely to influence impacts of climate change March 1, 2011 Animals' capacity to adapt is a factor in how they are likely to respond to changing climate conditions.
• Curiosities: Why, when I see wind generators on a windy day, are some rotating and others not? Feb. 28, 2011
• Insect hearing inspires new approach to small antennas Feb. 25, 2011 Ormia ochracea is a small parasitic fly best known for its strong sense of directional hearing. A female fly tracks a male cricket by its chirps and then deposits her eggs on the unfortunate host. The larvae subsequently eat the cricket.
• Curiosities: How high can bugs fly? Feb. 15, 2011
• Ancient Mesoamerican sculpture uncovered in southern Mexico Feb. 14, 2011 With one arm raised and a determined scowl, the figure looks ready to march right off his carved tablet and into the history books. If only we knew who he was - corn god? Tribal chief? Sacred priest?
• World phosphorous use crosses critical threshold Feb. 14, 2011 Recalculating the global use of phosphorous, a fertilizer linchpin of modern agriculture, a team of researchers warns that the world's stocks may soon be in short supply and that overuse in the industrialized world has become a leading cause of the pollution of lakes, rivers and streams.
• Darwin celebration expands to three days Feb. 9, 2011 Forget the finches and orchids. UW-Madison’s 2011 Darwin Day celebration is all about you, Homo sapiens.
• Report assesses climate change impacts, adaptation strategies Feb. 7, 2011 A statewide collaborative of scientists and diverse stakeholders is proposing a multitude of measures to help protect and enhance Wisconsin's natural resources, economic vitality, and public well-being as the state's climate becomes warmer and wetter.
• Art from above: Satellites see Wisconsin Feb. 7, 2011 Few know that the genesis of observing the Earth's weather from space is a Wisconsin idea.
• New induced stem cells may unmask cancer at earliest stage Feb. 4, 2011 By coaxing healthy and diseased human bone marrow to become embryonic-like stem cells, a team of Wisconsin scientists has laid the groundwork for observing the onset of the blood cancer leukemia in the laboratory dish.
• Rhythmic vibrations guide caste development in social wasps Jan. 24, 2011 Future queen or tireless toiler? A paper wasp's destiny may lie in the antennal drumbeats of its caretaker.
• Designer aims to improve student-centered learning in engineering Jan. 19, 2011 When an exam comes back with an “A’” grade, most students are thrilled, and rightfully so. Yet all too often, it doesn’t take long for the information students diligently crammed to fade as they prepare for another exam, creating a cycle, for some, of studying for tests rather than actually learning.
• UW-Madison provost joins nuclear safety study Jan. 19, 2011
• Stress, anxiety both boon and bane to brain Jan. 18, 2011 A cold dose of fear lends an edge to the here-and-now - say, when things go bump in the night.
• Curiosities: Why do I get a streak of images from LED taillights when I scan the road at night? Is this dangerous? Jan. 18, 2011
• Technology going back to the dogs at UW School of Veterinary Medicine Jan. 6, 2011 Marty Croak was diagnosed with head and neck cancer in May 2009. A lump near his ear prompted him to see a physician.
• Global Health Initiative seeks campuswide involvement in incubator series Jan. 6, 2011 Global health problems extend beyond clinics, vaccine laboratories, and hospitals. Some of the most pressing problems stem from societal, economic and environmental factors as well.
• Ever-sharp urchin teeth may yield tools that never need honing Dec. 22, 2010 To survive in a tumultuous environment, sea urchins literally eat through stone, using their teeth to carve out nooks where the spiny creatures hide from predators and protect themselves from the crashing surf on the rocky shores and tide pools where they live.