On a cold, snowy February in 2013, a standing-room only crowd packed the upper level of the Minocqua Brewing Company to hear about science in the Northwoods. And, ever since, we have devoted the first Wednesday of the month (except for the summer field research season) to conversations with scientists about everything from loons and …
Happy Friday! It’s that time again – when kids across Wisconsin (and the country, really) sending questions and we track down real-life scientists to answer them. This week Wisconsin’s leading fish expert and a – Water We Talking About? This week, 8-year-old Jack, from Madison, wonders about the moon, while Ms. Hilts’ 7th graders ask …
A typical work day for Maggie Turnbull might involve watching the birds in her backyard, heading out for a long cross-country ski, or working at the farmer’s market she helped found in Antigo, the small northern Wisconsin town she calls home. Yet the UW-Madison alum’s work is anything but typical. Sometimes, she boots up up …