Google entered a storm of controversy over free speech recently, when it decided to censor the Chinese version of its search engine. While Google explained in its official blog that the move was an attempt to ââ?¬Å?contribute to openness and prosperity,ââ?¬Â critics have blasted the release as contrary to one of Googleââ?¬â?¢s stated mantras: ââ?¬Å?Donââ?¬â?¢t Be Evil.ââ?¬Â
The destruction of the tropical rainforest has been occurring in the Amazon for decades. Now scientists say the drastic changes to the landscape may be hazardous to human health as the area becomes more hospitable for the mosquito that carries malaria.
Having an MRI is an uncomfortable experience, especially going in head first. You inch into the machine until the smooth metal cylinder surrounds you. The machine hums ominously, and you would love to know what is going on around the rest of your exposed body, except you cannot sit up to find out.
Controversy has beset The Badger Herald for publishing an editorial accompanied by a cartoon of Mohammed wearing a turban shaped as bomb. Critics have hurled several accusations at the Herald, including questions about the timing of the speech act, the motivations of the editorial board and the claim that the board could have achieved its purpose by describing the image rather than publishing it.
Attine ants ââ?¬â? the first animals to deliberately start growing their own food ââ?¬â? have caught the attention of some University of Wisconsin researchers.
Quoted: Dr. Jonathan Temte, associate professor of family medicine at the University of Wisconsin.
Quoted: Phil Moy of the University of Wisconsin and the government-affiliated water protection group Sea Grant.
Quoted: Arthur Glenberg, a professor of psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who has studied memory.
Quoted: Kurt Squire, a former Montessori and primary school teacher who is assistant professor of education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Quoted: Pamela Oliver, a sociology professor at UW-Madison.
“When the public has a chance to look more closely at what went on (at the Legislature), it’s not going to make them feel any better,” said Kathy Cramer Walsh, assistant professor of political science at UW-Madison.
Quoted: Kurt Squire, a former Montessori and primary school teacher who is assistant professor of education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
We now take a look at what lies behind the shocking images of torture at Abu Ghraib prison by turning to the history of the CIA and torture techniques. Professor Alfred McCoy talks about his book ââ?¬Å?A Question of Tortureââ?¬Â, a startling expose of the CIA development of psychological torture from the Cold War to Abu Ghraib. CIA mercenaries attempted to assassinate McCoy more than 30 years ago. (Full transcript follows.)
Quoted: University of Wisconsin researcher David Rabago.
Quoted: Seth Pollak, a developmental psychopathologist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, US.
Quoted: Dr. Paul Sondel, a UW-Madison professor of pediatrics and human oncology.
Quoted: Sandi Sawchuk, veterinary medicine.
Quoted: Charles Franklin, a University of Wisconsin political science professor.
From municipal to state and national governments, political organization has continually proven a capstone of efficiency, often characterizing and defining its leadership.
Quoted: Calvin DeWitt, professor of environmental studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a leading evangelical supporter of various environmental causes
Faculty at the University of Wisconsin held the first-ever Darwin Day Outreach Symposium in Ingraham Hall Saturday.
But UW-Madison Business School Dean Michael Knetter said talk of fiscal misery might be overwrought.
Our savings, he said, are tied up in homes and other assets that are increasing in value.
The Commerce Department focused on cash flow, Knetter said. “Using that method, you look at how much income is earned in a year and how much is not spent,” he said. “But it’s not the whole story.”
Developers of heart-lung machines, kidney dialysis equipment and pressure chambers to simulate the deepest oceans have used Edwin N. Lightfoot’s research.
The 80-year-old UW-Madison chemical and biological engineering professor is to receive the National Medal of Science today from President Bush at the White House.
Quoted: William Cronon of the University of Wisconsin and author of ”Nature’s Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West.”
Quoted: Dr. Jonathan Temte, associate professor of family medicine at the University of Wisconsin.
Quoted: Assistant Chief Dale Burke of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department, nationally known for its success in handling large-scale events and emergencies.
Do the sniffles, a headache, aches all over and being tired have you down? Don’t worry, it’s not the flu. Yet.
While some schools in northern Wisconsin had to shut their doors this week because of 20 percent absenteeism due to the flu, strep throat and even several cases of scarlet fever, the state’s flu guru told The Capital Times Friday that Wisconsin won’t reach “fever” pitch for a couple of weeks.
(Craig Roberts of University Health Services is also quoted in this story.)
Quoted: Glen Stanosz, University of Wisconsin-Madison plant pathologist.
Quoted: Thomas Heberlein, a professor of rural sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Quoted: Michael L. Corradini, professor and director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Wisconsin Institute of Nuclear Systems, a nuclear research center.
Quoted: Mark Browne, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business.
Quoted: Menzie D. Chinn, a professor of economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Quoted: Glenn Bower, faculty associate in the department of mechanical engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Applying her knowledge of game theory, a University of Wisconsin professor is helping the U.S. government to fight the War on Terror.
Quoted: Hannah V. Carey at the University of Wisconsin.
Quoted: Campus Women’s Center publicity coordinator Stephanie Halfmann
Quoted: Economist Andrew Reschovsky of UW-Madison’s La Follette School of Public Affairs.
Prior to the advent of the cell phone, or any other phone for that matter, people still made calls to others who interested them. They just did it on those people�s front porches.
Quoted: Rusty Bishop, director of the University of Wisconsin�s Center for Dairy Research.
Quoted: Barbara Ingham, a food science professor at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, said consumers should not worry about the information they receive on most food labels.
Quoted: Dr. David Bernhardt, a member of AAP and a professor of pediatrics and orthopedics at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Quoted: Byron Shafer, a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin.
Quoted: Al Gunther, UW media professor.
Creationism or intelligent design could not be taught as science in Wisconsin public schools under a first-of-its-kind proposal announced today by Madison state Rep. Terese Berceau.
Under the bill, only science capable of being tested according to scientific method could be taught as science. Faith-based theories, however, could be discussed in other contexts.
Alan Attie, a biochemistry professor at UW-Madison, said the bill puts Wisconsin on the map in the ongoing controversy over evolution and intelligent design.
Quoted: UW-Madison University Housing Food Service Manager Brian Burke.
Quoted: Timothy Tyson is a professor of Afro-American studies at the University of Wisconsin in Madison and the author of the biography “Radio Free Dixie: Robert F. Williams and the Roots of Black Power.”
A recent geological discovery helps UW-Madison geologists refine the story of Wisconsin�s last ice age.
ââ?¬Å?Up until now, there have been no dates on when the last glaciation began in Wisconsin,ââ?¬Â said Dave Mickelson, UW-Madison professor emeritus of the department of geology and geophysics. Mickelson was one of three geologists who discovered and dated glacial lake sediments buried on UW-Madisonââ?¬â?¢s campus.
Quoted: Howard Bailey, an associate director of clinical research at the University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Quoted: Dr. Frank Greer, a member of the academy’s nutrition committee and pediatrics professor at the University of Wisconsin.
Quoted: Charles Franklin, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Quoted: Folklorist Ruth Olson, an associate at the Center for the Study of Upper Midwest Cultures at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Quoted: Charles Franklin, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
As a child and later as a parent, Vicki Bier worried about swing sets.
They just didn’t seem safe, she thought, the way individual swings arced back and forth, faster and higher.
Bier, a professor of industrial engineering and engineering physics at UW-Madison, has more serious things to be concerned about now.
Quoted: Timothy Corden, medical director of the pediatric critical care unit at the University of Wisconsin Children’s Hospital.
Quoted: UW Hospital’s Dr. Richard Illgren discusses the evolution of hip replacements.
Curiosities column: Produced by University Communications.
“There is not a shred of evidence that these products make babies ‘smarter,’ whatever that means,” said Seth Pollack, director of the child emotion research lab at UW- Madison. “At very best, babies may find them interesting . . . but there are lots of physical and social things in the world that babies are also captivated by.”
“David Prosser needs to be a little bit careful here,” UW- Madison law professor Walter Dickey said. “He might be admitting to a crime. Even if it’s not prosecutable, it undermines the legitimacy of the judiciary if you admit to behavior that amounts to a felony.”
Richard Jacobson, a private attorney and lecturer in legal ethics at the law school, said Prosser’s admission only shows he disagrees with rulings by the 4th District Court of Appeals and upheld by the Supreme Court that operating private political campaigns with public resources wasn’t a legitimate state duty.
When it comes to fat and health, you are not off the hook just because you do not see it when you look in the mirror, according to Gail Underbakke, senior clinical nutritionist in preventive cardiology at the UW-Madison medical school.
