
42 new Girl Scout badges to change the world
Girl Scouts is now offering 42 new badges exclusively for girls in grades K–12 that allow them to make their own choices about how they want to experience and influence the world.

Girl Scouts is now offering 42 new badges exclusively for girls in grades K–12 that allow them to make their own choices about how they want to experience and influence the world.

North Carolina coach Mack Brown and players Charlie Heck and Myles Dorn talk with reporters at the 2019 ACC Kickoff.

Virginia Tech scientists have found that in regions where oilfield wastewater disposal is widespread, earthquakes are getting deeper at the same rate as the wastewater sinks.

For two weeks, 18 students from 10 area schools have come together at St. Anne’s-Belfield School for a SPARK! Launchpad experience.

The UVA Cancer Center is reaching out to the people it serves to identify and overcome barriers to care.

A pair of NCAA men’s championships and a top-five ranking in men’s tennis led UVA Athletics to its second Capital One Cup all-sports competition championship for men’s sports during the 2018-19 season.

Fifty years ago this July, Apollo 11 landed on the moon as a nation watched in wonder. This summer, in celebration of the golden anniversary, PBS and “American Experience” present the multi-night documentary event “Chasing the Moon.”

The U.S. Department of Energy has a goal of carbon filtration using solid sorbents by 2030.

At the top of Buffalo Mountain outside Floyd, a team of Virginia Tech wildlife conservation students uses drones to map and monitor erosion impacts on the habitat of a rare insect.

A National Science Foundation grant will help Virginia Tech professor Marc Stern study and develop workshops that will empower local communities to take action against climate challenges.
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