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With a big assist from NASA, UW-Madison launches astrobiology push

May 31, 2007

With the help of a $6.5 million grant from NASA, Wisconsin researchers will join the hunt for extraterrestrial life and early life on Earth by developing techniques and instruments to read the chemical signatures living organisms leave in rocks and minerals. Read More

Curiosities: If we think the continents were at some point all connected, how did they separate?

May 11, 2007

Question submitted by Abbie Stroup, seventh grader at Sennett Middle School. Read More