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Opinion | Time for a data center moratorium
2+ hour, 2+ min ago (577+ words) The Douglas County Google Data Center complex is visible on March 6 in Lithia Springs, Ga." The Marquette Law School Poll that was conducted in mid-March asked Wisconsinites to weigh in on the construction on AI data centers. The reaction was…...
Letter | Celebrate the beaver
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (234+ words) Dear Editor: International Beaver Day is observed every April 7 to raise public awareness of the ecological contributions made by this keystone species. Beavers are one of the most powerful nature'based solutions we have when it comes to climate changes. They…...
Letter | Renewables are the future
3+ week, 4+ day ago (260+ words) Dear Editor: The proposed Line 5 reroute around the Wisconsin Bad River Reservation, and under Michigan's Straits of Mackinac, would extend fossil fuel infrastructure that is rapidly becoming obsolete. Why? Because renewables are not the energy source of the future " but…...
Opinion | Suck it up, Wisconsin, we need data centers
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (645+ words) Elisabeth Lambert: Agencies are refusing to provide document" The Civil War saw the transformation of Robert E. Lee's'Arli" The sun sets as construction continues at Microsoft's data center project on Nov. 13, 2025, in Mount Pleasant, Wis. Every industry uses water and electricity,…...
Editorial | Put a moratorium on data center construction
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (494+ words) People opposed to a data center proposal at the former Pennhurst state hospital grounds attend an East Vincent Township supervisors meeting on Dec. 17 in Spring City, Pa." The Madison Common Council voted unanimously in January to ban the construction of…...
Opinion | Tech giants must protect vulnerable youth from predators
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (351+ words) It is personal when the nascent tech space treats individual safety as an afterthought rather than a core priority. It is personal when, from behind a computer in Washington, D.C., I receive news of the death of someone from my high…...
What UW-Madison researchers learned from an experiment in outer space
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (726+ words) A rocket blasts off at'NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia in 2020 with an experiment from University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers. Astronauts helped a campus lab study how bacteria and bacteriophages interact in outer space. Vatsan Raman never expected he would send…...
When Madison beaches close due to toxic water, economy loses millions
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (1792+ words) Swimming, kayaking, water skiing and boating are all staples of a Madison summer spent on the water. So are harmful pollutants. " Agriculture and urban runoff have left Madison's two largest lakes, Mendota and Monona, struggling with toxic bacteria for decades....