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Russia is blessed, and cursed, with the most fascinating culture on the globe.

I have been fascinated by factors that lead to economic growth across time and countries. These include patterns of schooling, fertility, the diffusions of technology, and socioeconomic policy…

What makes us prosperous, healthy and happy across our lives?

My research takes me to some very difficult spaces: the Holocaust, disability, traumatic memories. What I seek in these spaces is to understand a shred of a valued cultural practice that we fi…

During this past winter break, I worked 12-hour days in one of the last remaining fragments of Brazil’s Atlantic Forest. This 2,400-acre protected forest reserve is situated on a coffee planta…

Potential presidential candidate Scott Walker has been bending over backwards to appease Iowa caucus voters. 

Panache Academy of Beauty – which started in Baraboo and Lake Delton seven years ago – is opening up a Middleton facility at 2275 Deming Way, Suite 102.

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.’s corporate-owned and operated Goodyear Auto Service Center at 437 Commerce Drive has reopened following a November 2014 fire.

A Swiss cheese from Ohio took top honors while Wisconsin products dominated at the U.S. Championship Cheese Contest in Milwaukee this week.

Wisconsin’s first turkey hunting period is a mere four weeks away.

The Wisconsin singer-songwriter tells the story of his migrant and musical life through his songs. 

Two years ago, President Barack Obama claimed his was “the most transparent administration in history.”

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Dane County Board supervisor has surrendered his pass card and keys to the City-County Building after he opened its doors to more than 100 protesters after a fatal polic…

President Barrack Obama has been putting off a big decision: Where to locate his presidential library.

Madison's Jerry Engbring has one of the best collections of Coleman lamps and lanterns in the country.

A committee from the DeForest School District is nearing completion on a second version of a new pay structure that would depart from a long-standing model most districts have used for years.

Last year I talked about the dangers of overtesting. Once you find things, you are usually bound to follow it up.

Every few decades or so, the late-night TV landscape goes through a whole-scale overhaul of sorts. It’s only natural; people retire, new faces come in, people un-retire, new faces move to cable.

Before UW-Madison’s percussion students head off en masse to China, they want to celebrate where they’ve come from.

UW-Madison welcomes the public to its annual Science Expeditions open house weekend Friday through Sunday. The event is anchored by activities and hands-on explorations stations from 10 a.m. t…