UW-Milwaukee's Manfred Olson Planetarium Director Jean Creighton presented at this year's International Planetarium Society conference in Fukuoka, Japan.

Dr. Ashley Lemke helped discover an ancient caribou hunting site beneath Lake Huron. Now, she's looking for similar sites beneath Lake Michigan.

Lake Effect's Audrey Nowakowski speaks with Scott Marshall — the CEO of Community Smiles Dental, a local nonprofit that provides dental care for underserved children, pregnant women and individuals with special needs in the community who are on Medicaid.

More than 5,000 athletes are descending on Milwaukee for the 2026 USA Triathlon. They’ll be jumping into Lake Michigan for the swimming portion of the race.

Canadian wildfire smoke led to days of terrible air quality in Milwaukee in July. A local man created an app that helps folks understand wildfire smoke where they live.

As of July 22, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported 105 cases cyclosporiasis, a gastrointestinal illness caused by a microscopic parasite called cyclospora.

As the air quality improves in Milwaukee, wildfires continue spreading across Canada. Milwaukee County’s chief health policy advisor shares how to stay healthy during air quality warnings.

You can catch the Planetarium's "Shooting Stars" program on Fridays this month, starting July 10.

AI is reshaping how people do their jobs, and for some newsrooms, that means using it as a tool to strengthen their reporting.

A suspicious pitch led an editor to uncover a freelance writer publishing fake stories for major newsrooms. His story gives insight into journalism’s AI era.