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Capitals’ Alex Ovechkin Breaks NHL Record for 40-Goal Seasons

He stole the crown from Wayne Gretzky with his latest tally. Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin notched his 40th goal of the 2022-23 NHL season Tuesday night against the Blue Jackets. In doing so, Washington’s captain set himself apart in league history, breaking the record for most 40-goal seasons ever.  The record was previously held by the legendary Wayne Gretzky, […]

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Researchers launch database with new classification system for minority-serving institutions in US

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In response to inaccurate and inconsistent data used to identify minority-serving institutions (MSIs) for funding and analysis, researchers have established a database with recommendations for uniform and accurate MSI classifications. The MSI Data Project, launched in March 2023, offers dashboards with data on MSI eligibility, funding status, institutional characteristics, enrollment, and […]

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America’s Pastime? The Heart of Baseball Is in Japan Now.

A full-strength roster, rabid support from fans and players who were willing to push their bodies to the limit combined for a deserving World Baseball Classic champion. Freeze the moment in the snow globe of your mind. No better ending to no better tournament could have been hand-crafted than the tableau under the dome of […]

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Big firms are failing to reduce unconscious bias against disabled people, finds study

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Working for a big company or in an HR role does not lower the likelihood of showing unconscious bias against disabled people at work, a new study finds. Researchers say this is surprising because of the money many large firms spend on EDI and unconscious bias training—in 2017 up to $8 […]

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Saints to Sign Safety Johnathan Abram, per Report

Abram was a first-round draft pick by the Raiders in 2019. Free agent safety Johnathan Abram plans to sign with the New Orleans Saints, ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reported Tuesday night. Abram was selected by the Raiders with pick No. 27 of the first round of the 2019 NFL draft, following a standout career at Mississippi State. In 35 games for the Raiders, […]

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New possibilities in the theoretical prediction of particle interactions

Comparison of our result for I2(5) (plotted as curves) with numerical results from pysecdec (points). Credit: Physical Review Letters (2023). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.101601 How does the world look like at the smallest scales? This is a question scientists are trying to answer in particle collider experiments like the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerland. To […]

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Shohei Ohtani had a Priceless Reaction to Striking Out Mike Trout

What a way for the WBC to end. The 2023 World Baseball Classic had been so fun the past few weeks so it was only fitting that the final out came to two of baseball’s best players – Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout – squaring off in the final at-bat of a what was a […]

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Changing temperatures shown to increase pesticide risk to bees

Bumblebee. Credit: Daniel Kenna/Imperial College London Temperature influences how badly pesticides affect bees’ behavior, suggesting uncertain impacts under climate change, according to a new study. The findings indicate that future extreme temperature events under climate change could increase the impact of pesticides on bee populations and their pollination services. Certain pesticides, particularly a class called […]

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Japan Beats USA in Thrilling Ending to WBC Championship

In a moment that seemed scripted, Shohei Ohtani struck out Angels teammate Mike Trout for the final out and won tournament MVP honors. Team USA’s bid for consecutive World Baseball Classic tournament championships came up short on Tuesday night, falling to Japan 3–2 at loanDepot Park in Miami. Four of the five runs came on […]

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A persistent influence of supernovae on biodiversity

The extraterrestrial processes responsible for influencing the diversity of life forms are usually invisible to the human eye. The Milky Way is where large stars explode, leading to supernova remnants whose shock fronts accelerate cosmic ray particles to high energies. Cosmic rays find their way to the solar system, where some collide with the atmosphere […]

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