UW-Madison’s Keith Bechtol has played a hand in building the Vera Rubin Observatory in Chile. A camera with 3.2 billion pixels will collect the data equivalent of all written language over all of human history.

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As part of the Green Team at Chippewa Falls High School, students pick a two-year passion project related to sustainability. This year’s students chose to make Camp Nawakwa in Cornell more sustainable.

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As the conflict unfolds between Iran, Israel and the United States, the Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control is keeping governments and media outlets across the globe informed on who is building a bomb.

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Janesville native Don Zolidis has written more than 150 plays for young people. He is known for leaning into complex issues like death and mental health because, as he says, children can tell when you’re being dishonest.

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Event organizers say these are musicians you don’t know, but you should. Now there’s a concert documentary that shows viewers what they can expect during this year’s festival, which kicks off in about a month.

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Roughly 300 Haitians arrived in eastern Wisconsin under a Biden-era humanitarian parole program. Last week the federal government ended that program. Now community activists say their options for staying in the country legally are limited.

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Supporters of the bill argue menopause and the time leading up to it are often misunderstood and ignored. In a conversation with “Wisconsin Today,” the director of a local menopause clinic shares misconceptions and treatment options.

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The prairie chicken of central Wisconsin is an elusive grouse that is rarely seen, and its conservation efforts are connected to Aldo Leopold. But over the past 70 years, the prairie chicken population has steeply declined.

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Three zookeepers introduced WPR’s “Wisconsin Today” to the newest additions at their grounds: Canada lynx kittens, a baby camel born at 99 pounds and two North American river otters.

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On a recent Sunday, a host and a producer from WPR's “Wisconsin Today” visit a church service to hear O.W.’s Exalters celebrate 35 years harmonizing together.

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