Science and Technology
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Most families exceed screen time guidelines. What does that mean for kids?
Child and family therapist Jeff Reiland talks with WPR’s Larry Meiller about ways to tamp down on screen time.
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New scarecrows: Lasers aim to deter wild birds and reduce disease on Wisconsin farms
Wisconsin’s agriculture department recommends farmers use biosecurity measures, such as lasers, to protect poultry flocks from avian influenza.
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Wisconsinites find camaraderie during solar eclipse watch party
People young and old stretched out on the lawn looking up as the moon inched more and more in front of the sun.
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How eclipse chasing inspires generations of scientists
Speaking with “TTBOOK” in 2017, journalist David Baron describes how witnessing a total solar eclipse set him on a path to examine how eclipses have propelled many inquisitive minds to see more deeply into the universe.
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‘Fish get sick, too’: Study finds relatives of coronavirus and other pathogens in fish
UW researchers have detected almost 20 viruses in wild sport fish, including a distant relative of coronavirus that’s usually associated with birds.
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Surprise! Wisconsin scientists discover more eyes on daddy longlegs
Two UW-Madison researchers recently discovered daddy longlegs have four more eyes than scientists had previously documented.
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Up to 40 percent of dementia cases are preventable, geriatrician says
In a recent appearance on “The Larry Meiller Show,” geriatrician Dr. Nathaniel Chin explained that “age-related thinking changes” are not synonymous with dementia, nor is dementia something that is inevitable.
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Wisconsin researchers prepare for ‘BEEclipse’ by recruiting beekeepers along path of totality
Entomologists and a beehive tech company hope to capture how honeybees react to the total solar eclipse on April 8.
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Breast cancer screenings should start at age 40, draft recommendations say
Those evidence-based recommendations are a change-up from the previous standard of women getting screened regularly after turning 50.
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Wisconsin eclipse chasers plan to drive a thousand miles for total solar eclipse
At the time of peak overlap around 2 p.m., approximately 90 percent of the sun will be obscured by the moon in Kenosha.