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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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Every now and then we have to get into some trash-talk. No, I'm not talking about cut downs and jokes at others expense. I'm talking about literally the trash we create. -
Over a decade since the news of Colony Collapse Disorder hit the United States, many beekeepers and honey bees continue to struggle.
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Carol Heiser of the Department of Inland Game and Fisheries joins entomologist Dr. Art Evans and WCVE producer Steve Clark to talk about a new campaign that promotes the use of native plants in urban and suburban landscapes throughout Virginia’s Capital Region for the sake of insects and other wildlife.
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This week’s scheduled Antares launch at Wallops Island will carry space satellites engineered and built by Virginia university students. The satellites will rendezvous with the International Space Station, be released by the astronauts and orbit for up to two years.
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The planet celebrated a huge scientific accomplishment this week. Humanity was able to share its first photo of a black hole! This is a pretty huge project that spanned years, involved thousands of bright thinkers, and over 800 computers!
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88.9 WCVE producer Steve Clark talks with entomologist, Dr. Art Evans about Steve's first find of a house centipede.
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Each year, the dark pink blossoms of the Eastern Redbud tree are one of the first signs of spring. This tree is native to Virginia, meaning that it will flourish in neighborhoods, parks and along roadways throughout the Commonwealth.
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The weather starts to warm, the trees and plants begin to bloom, and a lot of us begin our annual run in with seasonal allergies! This time of year there are a lot of people taking allergy medicines, but what’s going on when you take these pills? How do allergy medicines work?
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Worldwide bee populations are in decline, but researchers at Virginia Tech have joined the effort to protect honeybees around the world by understanding their language and providing a universal translator to learn how to help them.
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Entomologist Dr. Art Evans and WCVE producer Steve Clark discuss recent research that examines the possible benefit of wearing stripes
