Natural Science

At the time of peak overlap around 2 p.m., approximately 90 percent of the sun will be obscured by the moon in Kenosha.

For the first time in more than a decade, geologists recorded a small earthquake near Crandon on Sunday. The U.S. Geological Survey, or USGS, recorded a 2.5 magnitude earthquake around 2.5 miles northeast of Mole Lake at 7:05 a.m. on Sunday. The Forest County Sheriff’s Office said in a social media post that authorities received…

New research out of the University of Wisconsin-Madison shows that pollution and biodiversity are factors that can change how vulnerable animals are to disease or parasites. Jess Hua, an associate professor in the department of Forest Wildlife and Ecology at UW-Madison, said diseases affecting various animal species are “emerging at unprecedented rates” and biologists are…

A calorie is not just a calorie. That’s the lesson University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers said they demonstrated in a new study where mice lost weight while eating more. The study, published recently in the journal Cell Metabolism, showed that mice eating less of a single amino acid called isoleucine lived longer, healthier lives. The mice…

As American and U.K. regulators approve the world’s first gene-editing treatment for sickle cell disease, Wisconsin scientists are researching how to use the same technology to treat two eye diseases that cause blindness. Krishanu Saha leads the CRISPR Vision Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is member of National Institute of Health’s Somatic Cell…

To give Wisconsin veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder more options, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is working to make it easier for researchers to treat those with acute PTSD with the active ingredient in hallucinogenic mushrooms. The bill would create a state trust fund called the “medicinal psilocybin treatment program” that would be administered by…

This year, Medicare will start negotiating lower prescription drug prices. But one Wisconsin insurance broker says people will have to wait a few years to see prices go down. The first 10 drugs to be made more affordable are widely used to treat blood clots, heart conditions, diabetes, kidney disease, arthritis and blood cancer. These…

This year marks the 40th anniversary of a landmark ruling that reaffirmed the 1837 treaty rights of a northern Wisconsin tribe to hunt, fish and gather on ceded territory. In 1983, two brothers from the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Fred and Mike Tribble, were arrested for spearfishing outside the boundaries of…

Wisconsin could be the next destination of an invasive pest found in 14 states over in the last decade, though Wisconsin wildlife officials are hoping to prevent its spread. The spotted lanternfly is native to China and was first detected in Pennsylvania in 2014. The insect has light brown wings, black spots and a streak…

Wisconsin will receive a regional tech hub designation from the federal government focused on the state’s growing biohealth sector, with President Joe Biden saying he thinks work being done in the state will save lives. The Wisconsin Biohealth Tech Hub aims to make the state a “global leader” in personalized medicine, a health care approach…