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Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism reporter Grigor Atanesian discusses the potential vulnerabilities of Wisconsin election infrastructure in the wake of Russian disinformation campaigns.
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Some families are creatures of habit, returning to the same vacation spot year after year. Others like to dive into new experiences.
The interactive Wisconsin Health Atlas reveals obesity rates around the state, and how different the needs of two ZIP codes within the same county can be.
New data from an annual U.S. Census report show that some regions in Wisconsin had significant shifts in population from 2016 to 2017.
Wisconsin is experiencing an upward trend of both deer ticks and Lyme disease. Scott Gordon of WisContext discusses how there's still a lot to learn about how widespread infections are in the state.
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Scientists have long known bats consume mosquitoes. But UW-Madison researchers wanted to learn more about the flying mammals versus the buzzing bugs.
Researchers have found prions that cause chronic wasting disease in Wisconsin's soil and water. UW-Madison soil scientist Joel Pederson explains what this research means about the spread of CWD around the state.
A study from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health examines the presence of small plastic particles in water.
What are Wisconsin's electronic voting systems and election integrity practices? Wisconsin Elections Commission interim administrator Meagan Wolfe discusses what the state is doing about these issues.
Driverless technology made an appearance on the UW-Madison campus as part of a demonstration by the UW School of Engineering.