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Apple iPad 2

Beats by Dre vs. Skullcandy’s Aviators

When it comes to headphones it is clear that not all are created equal, and one look at a pair of Apple’s earbuds will leave you running for better options. Two of the best on the market are Beats by Dre and Skullcandy’s Aviators, and I had the pleasure to use both for a couple of days.

Logitech Couch Mouse

When it comes to versatility, it’s hard to match a product like Logitech’s “Couch Mouse.”

Wireless Keyboard

Wires are a hassle. They clutter your desk, leaving less room for the rest of your junk. So, if wire management is something you struggle at, it may be time to buy an Apple wireless keyboard for your Mac.

Mobee Wireless Mouse

The Mobee wireless mouse is an Apple-approved alternative to the Magic Mouse. Cheaper in price and lacking in only a couple scroll functions, the Mobee product is the economical choice for someone who just shelled out the money for a new Mac computer.

Targus Stylus Pen

How many times has this happened to you: You’re trying to navigate around your iPad, or any touch-screen device for that matter, and you can’t get it to work because of those 10 little inconveniences you call fingers? So frustrating!

UW computer models weather patterns

SCIENCE

Hiding in a UW basement: huge supermagnets

SCIENCE

Balloons, gravity and runaway helium

SCIENCE

Space clouds, stars and turbulence

When most of us think of astronomy, we imagine stars, planets and galaxies. But another integral component of astronomy is the study of enormous clouds of gas and space dust.

Q&A with Go Big Read author Sonia Nazario

Two-time Pulitzer Prize winning author and journalist Sonia Nazario has written about social issues for 20 years. In 2006, her book describing a Honduran child's struggle to reach his mother in the U.S., entitled "Enrique's Journey," became a national best seller.

If not by land, then by sea

Last Thursday was a slightly dismal day. It was almost raining, but not quite. Out on Lake Mendota, the air was cold and quiet, until you reached the eastern shore bluffs, where the governor's mansion sits. There, the only quiet came when a protestor would wait for a response to his chant, "Two, four, six, eight!"

He did it for Eloise

Real vampires

SCIENCE - Halloween Issue

Creepy Crawly Cancer Killers

SCIENCE

Bird Migration Study Takes Flight

SCIENCE

Ask Mr. Scientist, 10/12/11

SCIENCE

Looking Ahead: the New Badger Partnership

Your housing guide

The protest that captured a nation

On Feb. 15, hundreds of Madison residents flooded the hallways of the Wisconsin state Capitol in protest of Gov.