When I was in fifth grade, my friend and I developed a code where we replaced each letter of the alphabet with a number. We were able […]
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There may be plastic in your gum
Not long ago, I wrote about bone char used in filtration and purification of sugar. I had lots of feedback on that topic, and it inspired me […]
COLUMN: Gabe Osabuohien is feeling offensive, and that’s good news for West Virginia
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Teams aren’t going to be leaving West Virginia’s Gabe Osabuohien wide open at the top of the key much longer, and that’s totally fine […]
Human trafficking a problem, even in West Virginia
Before the dust has settled on the case of Jeffrey Epstein, who died in jail after being accused of sexually trafficking girls, an eerily similar story emerged […]
Column: WVU finally gets guard play to compliment Derek Culver, Oscar Tshiebwe in win over TCU
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Miles McBride and Brandon Knapper were the only two players to score for West Virginia during the second half of Saturday’s win over Texas […]
What is gene therapy?
Genes are the heredity units that pass the characteristics (physical and behavioral) from parents to their offspring. They define features such as height, eye color, ability to […]
Don’t let legislature weaken our vaccination laws
Consider this from the World Health Organization: “Vaccines prevented at least 10 million deaths between 2010 and 2015, and many millions more lives were protected from illness. […]
A primer on the contact process in chemistry
The contact process is used to make sulfuric acid. The simpler type of the contact process is the sulfur-burning plant. This plant uses sulfur as a raw […]
Chai, Christmas combine for best parts of winter
There are many parts of winter I don’t love. But tasty warm drinks and Christmas — especially the two combined — make the long cold months and […]
‘Dark Waters’ hits close to home
“It’s often said if we’re drinking clean water, public health is doing their job.” My boss, Dr. Lee B. Smith, executive director of Monongalia County Health Department […]
