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[ September 24, 2025 ] The Thousand Man March in Jackson – Unity, Solidarity, Action – Breaking the chains in our Capital City and across Mississippi Local
[ September 24, 2025 ] Calls for transparency grow after death of Delta State Student Trey Reed ruled suicide Local
[ September 24, 2025 ] A History of Bias: Who Gets Deported in the United States? – The roots and realities of U.S. deportation policies. Deportation to achieve racial banishment National
[ September 17, 2025 ] Mississippi prison killing leaves mother with no answers after 5 years News
[ September 17, 2025 ] Commentary: Pain and contradictions reflections on Charlie Kirk and America – God loves us because He is good, not because we are good National

A native of Argentina, Eyleen O'Rourke of the University of Virginia led a team of researchers in identifying genes that regulate obesity in a model species, which may have an impact on future medications for humans to treat the condition. (Dan Addison, UVA Communications)

Scientists Block ‘Fat Gene’ In Lab Mice, Preventing Weight Gain And Lowering Blood Sugar

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Scientists have identified 14 genes that help cause obesity and three that help prevent it.
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Five specially designed saildrones gather data around the clock to help understand the physical processes of hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean. (NOAA, Saildrone/Zenger)

VIDEO: First Look: Drone Captures Video From Inside Hurricane

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Unmanned saildrones ride out storm that churns up 50-foot waves and winds exceeding 120 mph.
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For comparison, a leaf from a healthy bigleaf maple tree (left) is placed next to a leaf from a dying tree (right). (Jacob Betzen, University of Washington)

Based On A Tree Story: Iconic Bigleaf Maple Trees Are Dying Due To Climate Change

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The drier, hotter climate is weakening trees, leaving them vulnerable to disease.
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Groundwater levels can take years to recover from drought, according to a new study, and continuing to pump it leads to sinking land. Groundwater levels in Florida when the photo was taken, in 2010, dropped to record-setting lows as farmers pumped water to irrigate their plants for protection from cold temperatures. (U.S. Geological Survey)

Drought And Groundwater Depletion Cause Infrastructure Collapse

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Replenishing aquifers depleted by drought and excessive use often takes years.
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An artist's impression of spinosaurids of the Cretaceous Era — Ceratosuchops inferiodios (left) and Riparovenator milnerae. Researchers are studying the fossilized remains of two spinosaurids found on the Isle of Wright. (Anthony Hutchings)

Terrifying Dinosaur Predators Newly Discovered In England

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Crocodile-like dinosaurs stalked their prey on riverbanks, 125 million years ago.
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A female lagonmegoid spider and her egg sac frozen in perpetuity in Burmese amber. (Xiangbo Guo, Paul Selden, Dong Ren/Zenger)

Spidermom: How A Prehistoric Arachnid Protected Her Brood 99 Million Years Ago

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Mother’s last act was to try to protect her hatchlings as they were all engulfed in tree sap amber.
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Scientists inspired by mother-of-pearl have developed a shatter-resistant glass that could make broken phone screens a thing of the past. (Ashkan Forouzani/Unsplash)

Unbreakable: New Material Inspired By Seashells Is A Shatterproof Glass

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Scientists mimicked naturally stiff but resilient mother-of-pearl.
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Beekeepers have long sought a natural way to protect bees from the virus spread by mites. (Annie Spratt/Unsplash)

Solving A Mite-y Problem: New Compound Creates Buzz Over Bee Survival Rates

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Beekeepers and farmers have sought a natural alternative to deadly pesticides.
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Jenifer Miehlbradt helps a 6-year-old child try virtual-reality games for the study, which found that head-torso coordination develops more slowly than previously thought. (EPFL/Alain Herzog)

Immersive Virtual Reality May Hamper Coordination In Young Children

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Children heavily favor visual input over other senses in virtual environments, affecting nervous system development.
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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover took this close-up of a rock target nicknamed “Foux” using its WATSON camera on July 11, 2021. (NASA, JPL-Caltech, MSSS/Zenger)

Rover-Joyed: NASA Thrilled As Mars Lander Captures Stunning Close-Ups Of The Planet’s Surface

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Red Planet’s surface has been revealed in never-before-seen detail as the Mars rover searches for signs of life.
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