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An entrepreneurial wonderland: The Wisconsin Institute for Discovery aims to reinvigorate the world of research while benefiting business

David Krakauer, the new director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, says a lot of interesting, challenging, borderline-radical things. Then again, he comes from a pretty interesting place, born of a borderline-radical approach to science and research ? one where ideas are free to grow in an interdisciplinary greenhouse in which odd hybrids are nurtured and appreciated rather than cut off at the roots.