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Why is the additive, safely used since the 1930s, being questioned again?
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SEBASTIAN KAULITZKI/SCIENCE PHOT/Getty Images/Science Photo Libra/Science Photo Library RFIt could be the next big advance in treating diseases. -
Ryan Hodnett/Wikimedia CommonsGroundhog Day is a “cross-quarter day” on the celestial calendar. Cross quarter days are mid-way points between the Solstices and Equinoxes. These days are associated with many familiar holidays whose astronomical roots have largely been forgotten.
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Nick McNamara / WHRO/For nearly 60 years, this office has explored the nature of consciousness.
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Shaban Athuman/VPM NewsPartner company hopes to have the project up and running by the 2030s.
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Shaban Athuman/VPM NewsA panel of experts could determine if “pattern of misconduct” occurred.
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Shaban Athuman/VPM NewsAn ongoing review of a former state crime lab analyst’s work uncovered the error.
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Shaban Athuman/VPM NewsFormer Science Museum of Virginia scientist captures Greek family recipes in new cookbook.
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GSO Images/The Image Bank/Getty ImagesEarly in life, the protein Reelin helps assemble the brain. Later on, it appears to protect the organ from Alzheimer's and other threats to memory and thinking.
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Shaban Athuman/VPM NewsHead of Harrison Family Translational Research Center discusses advances in treatment.
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Photo by Katherine Hafner/The island's lost two-thirds of its land mass since 1850 and climate change is making the problem worse.
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Recently many marches and rallies took place around the globe to implore world leaders to act on climate change. Teenager and recent climate action wunderkind, Greta Thunberg, has been making a lot of news lately through her school strikes asking nations, cities, and individuals to explore the many options which could greatly decrease the amount of climate-warming carbon put into the atmosphere by human use.
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Rocket Lab has just completed the launch platform for its second worldwide site at Wallops Island and says it is on track for its first launch from American soil in February of next year.
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Carlos Chafin, audio engineer and sound designer and president of In Your Ear Studios in Richmond, Virginia talks about why science matters to him.
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Entomologist Dr. Art Evans and VPM radio producer Steve Clark discuss some of the latest developments with emerald ash borer in central Virginia.
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Researchers at Virginia Tech have just received a three million dollar grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop a vaccine to combat opioid addiction.
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Northam signed an executive order Tuesday directing cabinet secretaries and agency heads to develop a plan to ensure 30% of Virginia's electricity comes from renewable sources by 2030.
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The Science Museum of Virginia in Richmond has received a two hundred and fifty thousand dollar grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences. The money will fund a community-based study into Richmond’s air quality.
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Entomologist Dr. Art Evans shares some of the latest queries found in his inbox with VPM radio producer Steve. Today’s conversation includes a dead eastern Hercules beetle, mysterious eggs on a window, and a banded hairstreak.
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Climate scientists are especially taking a close look at this storm as it speaks to a great story about our relationship with our coastal areas. This storm broke some big records as it moved along its path, now we can look back and study the storm's impacts.
