Katrina Cornish spends her days raising dandelions and desert shrubs. She harvests the stretchy rubber substances they produce and uses special machines to dip them into condoms, medical gloves and parts for trachea tubes. And she thinks those products could forever alter the landscape of agriculture in the United States. Cornish, a professor at Ohio State University who studies rubber …
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West Virginia hosts No. 12 Baylor following Battle’s 21-point performance
The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Baylor Bears (18-6, 7-4 Big 12) at West Virginia Mountaineers (8-16, 3-8 Big 12) Morgantown, West Virginia; Saturday, 6 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Bears -7.5; over/under is …
Read More »Top-ranked UConn uses a balanced attack, routs No. 4 Marquette to take control of the Big East
The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — UConn is the No.1 team in the nation and the defending national champions, yet the Huskies went into Saturday’s matchup with No. 4 Marquette …
Read More »En el Ártico ruso, madre de Alexei Navalny busca el cuerpo de su hijo
Para la madre de Alexei Navalny, el líder opositor ruso que murió a los 47 años en una colonia penal del Ártico, el viaje para recuperar el cuerpo de su hijo el sábado se tornó en una odisea sin un destino claro. Al final, no consiguió lo que buscaba. Lyudmila Navalnaya, de 69 años, recibió una nota oficial el sábado …
Read More »King scores 24, Richmond knocks off George Washington 90-74
The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. WASHINGTON (AP) — Jordan King scored 24 points as Richmond beat George Washington 90-74 on Saturday. King was 7 of 13 shooting, including 2 for 4 from 3-point …
Read More »WWII Monuments Men weren’t all men. The female members finally move into the spotlight
DALLAS (AP) — After World War II, the U.S. Army’s art experts set out to find and return millions of works stolen by the Nazis. Known as the Monuments Men, they included Mary Regan Quessenberry, who from her base in Berlin traveled to examine stolen works, tracked looting cases and investigated suspicious art dealers. Decades later, Quessenberry and the other …
Read More »Ciunys’ 22 help UMBC knock off Albany (NY) 80-75
The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. BALTIMORE (AP) — Regimantas Ciunys scored 22 points as UMBC beat Albany 80-75 on Saturday. Ciunys added five rebounds for the Retrievers (9-18, 4-8 America East Conference). Marcus …
Read More »No. 1 UConn hosts No. 4 Marquette following Kolek’s 27-point game
The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. Marquette Golden Eagles (19-5, 10-3 Big East) at UConn Huskies (23-2, 13-1 Big East) Hartford, Connecticut; Saturday, 3 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Huskies -6.5; over/under is 147.5 …
Read More »Baylor Scheierman’s 27 points powers No. 17 Creighton to 79-57 rout of Butler
The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Baylor Scheierman finished with 27 points and 10 rebounds, his sixth consecutive double-double, and Ryan Kalkbrenner added 21 points as No. 17 Creighton rolled past …
Read More »Clarke’s first career goal lifts Kings over Bruins 5-4 in OT
BOSTON (AP) — Brandt Clarke scored on a breakaway with 27 seconds left in overtime for his first career goal and the Los Angeles Kings rallied to beat the slumping Boston Bruins 5-4 on Saturday. Clarke had just been sprung from the penalty box for taking down David Pastrnak and was all alone when he skated in on Linus Ullmark …
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