ONE AFTERNOON in the spring of the year 1910, Ben Lilly with five of his dogs swung off the caboose of a freight train at the ...

A pigment that makes feathers and hair orange helps prevent cellular damage by removing excess cysteine from cells.

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On Jan. 25, Virginia Tech’s Reynolds Homestead will launch its homestead artisan series, a new collection of ...

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Virginia Tech’s Reynolds Homestead on Jan. 25 will launch its homestead artisan series, a new collection of beginner-friendly ...

A common food dye used in candies, cereals, condiments, chips, juices, and some dietary supplements and medicines is under scrutiny again some 50 years after its safety was first called into question ...

For decades now, local naturalist Jim Gilbert has been providing his observations of the great outdoors. Here are a few area ...

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Syria's Sharaa grants Kurdish Syrians citizenship, language rights for first time, SANA says Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa issued a decree affirming the rights of the Kurdish Syrians, formally ...