Why are bugs attracted to light?
It is often in the summer that people start to notice all the bugs circling around their porch lights and ...
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New center brings together faculty, students across WVU
WVU Today Just as nerve cells don’t work in isolation when we think, speak or move, scientists don’t work alone ...
Return of the Zombie Cicadas
WVU team unearths manipulative qualities of fungal-infected flyers WVU Today Mind games aren’t exclusive to humans. Cicadas infected with the ...
MARS seeks recruits for 2020-21 season
Students of any skill or experience level are welcome to join Newsroom@DominionPost.com Mountaineer Area Robotics, is an internationally recognized high ...
WVU robotics center gets $2 million from NASA
WVU Today A new space race is underway around the globe and the renewed interest in space exploration is trickling ...
How do fruits become seedless?
When I was younger, some of my friends believed that if they ate watermelon seeds, a watermelon would grow in ...
How does non-stick cookware work?
Non-stick cookware is useful because it’s not necessary to spray the cookware with oil in order to make sure that ...
How is food genetically modified?
Over the years, humans have transformed all sorts of foods and evolved many new varieties. For example, corn used to ...
What are weeds? How do we classify them and what are they for?
Weeds are what humans have dubbed “undesirable” plants. Humans decide if a specific species of plants is a weed based ...
How does light work?
Light is everywhere. It is there when we wake up and the Sun is blinding our eyes. It is there ...