LUBBOCK, Texas — West Virginia’s 89-81 loss to Texas Tech on Wednesday night in Lubbock is yet another step in a disturbing trend if you’re the Mountaineers. Since the beginning […]
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Cryptography: What it is and how it’s used
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 to write to […]
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 to delve into […]
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 with him. In […]
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 from Florida. This […]
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 Tech. Derek Culver […]
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 digest, style of […]
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. The global push […]
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 material. Sulfur is […]
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 much mud totally […]
