Wisconsin Initiative for Science Literacy

Wisconsin Institute for Discovery congratulates Dr. Cassandra Leech from the Denu Lab, who was recently honored with the Wisconsin initiative for science literacy award for communicating PhD research to the public.

The fall colors are at their peak here in Madison! 🍃🍂🍁
Learn more about the changes taking place:

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Science Expeditions is here!

Tonight Prof. Shakhashiri will talk about climate change at a special Friday edition of Wednesday Nite @ the Lab.

Saturday he will discuss the Joy of Science.

Details and more science fun here: science.wisc.edu/science-expeditions

2021 UW Science Expeditions – Campus Open House Join us for Science Expeditions - Campus Open House. Come explore UW-Madison - your public land-grant research university - and experience science as exploring the unknown. Talk with researchers, visit science venues across campus, enjoy our Science Spectacular Shows, and try your hand at our intera...

It's been windy here in Madison the last few days!

Today's featured Home Experiment deals with the properties of moving air:

Experimenting with Bernoulli's Principle Have you ever said of someone who was talking too much, “He’s just an old windbag”? Actually, windbags can be fun (think balloons), and they allow us to learn about an important property of moving air called Bernoulli's Principle.