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MSU, USDA offers high school students, undergrads notable research experiences
Mississippi State University
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July 24, 2025
2025 Pre-College Summer Internship Program students and mentors include: First row, from left: Ershad Ahmmed, Arun Kuttoor Vasudevan, Mohamed Ibrahim, Aadarsha Lamichhane and Mostafa Mohammadabadi; Second row, from left: Ethan Dean, Dashel Gines,...
Map Shows Most-Popular Bridges in US
Newsweek
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August 9, 2025
From coast to coast, America's most-iconic bridges are drawing more than just traffic—they are pulling in travelers, photographers, and architecture buffs with their sweeping vistas and striking designs. A new study by car rental company SIXT...
Dreaming of a Middle-Class Retirement in the South? Here’s What You Need To Save
Yahoo Finance
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It’s a win-win for the middle class to consider retiring in the South. These states offer great weather, plenty of recreational activities and a relatively low cost of living for your retirement years. Even a modest savings goes a long way in...
Why you may have itchy, red bumps after this year's cicadas emerged
USA Today
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Feeling itchy? You may have the latest brood of cicadas to blame. The estimated trillions of periodical brood cicadas that emerged in multiple U.S. states this year may be gone for the foreseeable future, but some people are feeling the painful,...
Book Review: The Secret History of Forever Chemicals
Undark Magazine
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August 8, 2025
Its origins practically reek of conspiracy: The campaign to fluoridate water — an intervention aimed at preventing dental cavities and boosting public health — has its roots in a 1940s government program to convince Americans that fluorine...
Trump’s Attack On Research Funding Hurt Your State University, Too
Forbes
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West Virginia University has lost $555,114 worth of federal grant funding since President Trump took office. getty While President Donald Trump’s crusade against American higher education has focused on the Ivy League and other elite private...
Research suggests link between diet and depression risk in women
FOX 10 Phoenix - Arizona
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West Virginia Governor Morrisey joined HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on Friday to make announcements regarding food dyes and proposed changes to SNAP. The press conference took place in Martinsburg, West Virginia. RFK Jr. said he wants to...
AG Jackson announces major settlement with Gilead Sciences over kickbacks
WLOS - North Carolina
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RALEIGH, N.C. (WLOS) — Attorney General Jeff Jackson announced that Gilead Sciences will pay $202 million to resolve claims it paid in kickbacks to doctors in exchange for promoting its human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) medication, which resulted...
Chronicle farming spotlight: Raspberry Knoll Farm
The Chronicle - Connecticut
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NORTH WINDHAM — After more than a decade of business, Raspberry Knoll Farm in North Windham is ready to pack it up and retire. Mary Concklin has been running the farm with her husband Pete since 2011. The farm is nestled on 42.5 acres in North...
Guest Opinion: Policy research has its limitations
The Coastland Times - North Carolina
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July 23, 2025
Published 10:57 am Wednesday, July 23, 2025 By John Hood RALEIGH — If I didn’t believe public-policy research mattered, I wouldn’t have spent so much of my career commissioning and funding it. At the national level, studies conducted by university...
Our Radar Systems Have Accidentally Turned Earth into a Giant Space Bean for the Last 75 Years and Scientists Say Aliens Could Be Listening
ZME Science
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July 23, 2025
Credit: ZME Science/Midjourney. For decades, scientists have debated whether we should try to contact alien civilizations or stay silent and hope we’re left alone. However, a new study suggests that it’s too late now. Whether we like it or not,...
Medical student debt: A look at where WVU stands and what it means
The Dominion Post - West Virginia
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August 9, 2025
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – Out of 160 medical schools across the country, WVU’s ranks 86th for the amount of average student debt among graduates, according to data from the Association of American Medical Colleges published in Becker’s...
Here's what it takes to be in the top 1% in your state — plus a few tips to help you reach a new income bracket in 2025
Yahoo Finance
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Shutterstock Moneywise and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue through links in the content below. Although comparison can really be the thief of joy, knowing where you stand financially is critical to making sure you’re on track to...
Prepare for the P.E. exam with SME’s five-day review course in September – Mining Engineering Online
Skillings Mining Review - Florida
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July 22, 2025
The Principles and Practice of Engineering (PE) exam will take place on Oct. 8, 2025. The computer-based exam tests for a minimum level of competency in a particular engineering discipline including mining and mineral processing. The single-day...
W.Va. transportation officials hope to roll out proactive bridge monitoring statewide
Weirton Daily Times - West Virginia
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BEING PROACTIVE – Gov. Patrick Morrisey, joined by state Department of Transportation Cabinet Secretary Stephen Todd Rumbaugh, left, and Shaz Umer, director of strategic initiatives for the U.S. Department of Transportation, right, praise West...
J.J. McCarthy, Jaxson Dart headline NFL's 8-game preseason Saturday. Here's how to watch, odds
The Athletic
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August 9, 2025
Kevin O’Connell and the Minnesota Vikings will indeed start J.J. McCarthy in Saturday’s preseason opener. It sounds hard to believe, but the Michigan alum is the only first-round quarterback of the modern draft era to miss his entire rookie season...
The Hidden Ways Light at Night Damages Your Brain, Mood, and Metabolism
ScienceDaily
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In a comprehensive Genomic Press Innovators & Ideas interview published today, distinguished neuroscientist Dr. Randy J. Nelson shares insights from his pioneering research on how disrupted circadian rhythms affect brain function and overall...
Joseph C. Cocalis
The Dominion Post - West Virginia
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August 9, 2025
Captain Joseph C. Cocalis, 74, of Point Marion, Pa., died Thursday, August 7, 2025, following a long battle with Parkinson Disease. Born September 23, 1950, in Elizabeth, N.J., a son of the late James and Eleanor (Hopkins) Cocalis, he was proud of...
MOV Regional Airport officials give contract update
The Marietta Times - Ohio
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WILLIAMSTOWN — Officials with the Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Airport reported meeting with officials from the airline awarded their Essential Air Service (EAS) contract and are talking to them and working through the issues for the company to be...
After hundreds of native bees are found in Kentucky, researchers say there’s still a lot to learn
Hoptown Chronicle - Kentucky
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July 20, 2025
The Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves is on a quest to catalog and understand the native bee population in the state. So far, through archival searches and extensive field surveys, they have identified hundreds of bee species native to the state...