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Spider plants (Chlorophytum comosum) are among the most popular houseplants, and they are nontoxic to children, dogs, and cats. According to the University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension, these plants can tolerate some neglect and grow well in almost any home environment. Perfect for beginners, spider plants make beautiful hanging greenery and are available at nearly any garden center. Not only are they pretty and easy to grow, but these plants are also efficient at improving the air quality in your home by removing air-borne toxins like formaldehyde and carbon monoxide

Artist Dakota Mace is leading the development of a curriculum dedicated to cultural appropriation within the Center for Design and Material Culture at UW-Madison. The curriculum examines what cultural appropriation may look like through design as participants explore larger themes of privilege and intent versus impact. Mace, who is Navajo, hopes this work encourages others to consider the stakes of cultural appropriation.

It’s hard to believe that hard cider almost disappeared in the U.S. In a time we like to call the “golden era of hard cider,” 18th-century American colonists were known to offer a glass of the stuff to house guests (via New England Historical Society). Sadly, Prohibition led to the chopping down cider-specific apple trees, devastating the industry for decades, according to the University of Wisconsin. The industry started to pick up again in the 1980s. Thanks to a massive resurgence in all things craft alcohol, the industry’s market value will nearly quadruple by 2027 (via Market Data Forecast).

“Wisconsin is really at the very edge of the carp invasion front,” said Zach Feiner, a research scientist with the DNR and UW-Madison’s Center for Limnology and coauthor of the study published in the Journal of Applied Ecology. “They’re adapted for warmer temperatures.”

“There is a nationwide movement this year among conservative election skeptics and (Donald) Trump supporters to recruit election observers and aggressively challenge proceedings,” Barry Burden, director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Elections Research Center, said in a phone interview Thursday. He fears those challenges will disrupt election proceedings and slow down the process, but doubts they will lead to any significant changes to the results of the crucial midterms, for which early voting is already underway.

Finn Enke, a professor studying the history of gender and sexuality in the 19th and 20th centuries  at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, says historically, anti-LGBTQ movements rise and fall with electoral cycles. “It’s organized by people who are funding specific politicians and a specific political agenda,” Enke says. “It really is about political power and not about gender and not about sexuality.”

Keith Findley, a professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School told Newsweek that it is unlikely the post will have any impact on the case.Even if the poster was determined to have been a member of the jury, Findley said it means that person acted in violation of the judge’s instructions, but it does not mean it invalidates the jury’s verdict.

The run-up to Election Day is often a contentious time.In recent years, it has also become a litigious time – parties increasingly turn to courts to resolve disputes about the rules for voting.

1. Miriam Seifter

   Associate Professor of Law, Co-Director of the State Democracy Research Initiative, University of Wisconsin-Madison

2. Adam Sopko

   Staff Attorney with the State Democracy Research Initiative at the University of Wisconsin Law School, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Spiritual psychosis expert Ari Brouwer discussed Lori Vallow’s possible religious psychosis. According to Religion News Service, Brouwer is a Ph.D. student from the University of Wisconsin. He studies the similarities between spirituality, psychosis, and psychedelics and says Vallow displayed warning signs.

“There’s been a lack of a proactive message from the Barnes campaign top to bottom,” said Barry Burden, a political science professor at UW-Madison, who added that Barnes’ messaging around the economy was more effective in the summer and that he’s had a focus on defending himself since.