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Phimwilai/Stock AdobeAI can speed up tedious medical research tasks. But it also makes mistakes and raises privacy concerns too. How can it be used responsibly?
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Milwaukee DowntownMilwaukee Bucks fans are still processing the team’s trade of Giannis Antetokounmpo and Bobby Portis. Former Bucks commentator Jim Paschke shares why he’s grateful for what both players brought to the city.
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Here's what to know about what's at stake for the Dairy State during the 2026 midterm election.
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Joy Powers/WUWMMilwaukee is lush with greenery this time of year and there’s perhaps no better place to enjoy it than Alice’s Garden Urban Farm. We join the garden's herbal apprentices, as they learn about the gut microbiome.
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Katherine Kokal/WUWMHow are AI tools impacting education in Milwaukee? Views from one science teacher creating a podcast using his notes and a music professor who assigned an AI essay.
Data centers are large facilities filled with computer servers that power the internet and everyday digital services and their rapid growth is sparking debate nationwide.
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This Chevy has all the goods one really needs at the much more attractive entry price.
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As Milwaukee grieves the Bucks trading Giannis Antetokounmpo, people are reflecting on what he meant to the franchise and the city. WUWM’s Jimmy Gutierrez has this essay about the impact the kid from Greece had on Milwaukee — and how it was bigger than basketball.
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Developers pitched a 500-acre project for rural Grant County but, as opposition mounted, they ‘ghosted’ the county’s point person. The potential deal appears to be dead.
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Will Wisconsin schools have too many staff as student enrollment goes down? Latest report on overstaffing in schools from Wisconsin Policy Forum.
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Beyond Our Senses is a new documentary that follows thousands of Bank swallows as they migrate from South America to Milwaukee's bluffs in the spring.
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In July 1952, Oconto, WI was overrun with an estimated 175 million frogs, as residents reported the amphibians covering windows, lawns and roads all summer. More than 70 years later, you'd never know it happened.
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Milwaukee native Paul Noth has published over 400 cartoons in The New Yorker. An exhibition of his work will be shown at the Museum of Wisconsin Art in early 2027.
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Radio Milwaukee's Element Everest-Blanks and Jon Adler share Summerfest recommendations for the opening weekend of the festival.
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