How global warming is affecting our everyday life
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In today’s everyday life, the term ‘global warming’ is used all over social media and the news aggressively.
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Can waterfalls make me happy?
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The notion of waterfalls making you happy is often viewed as an “old wives’ tale,” but there may be some truth to it given the so-called “negative ions” pervasive in such environments.
Virginia Tech project trains dogs to sniff out agricultural threats
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Dogs are known for their incredible noses. They can detect illness, sniff out bedbugs and even help with conservation efforts like locating sea turtle nests.
Mysterious seed packets may be connected to e-commerce scam
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Let the experts solve this unsettling mystery, and don’t plant any strange seeds delivered to your mailbox.
Climate Action Alliance of the Valley climate, energy news roundup: Aug. 8
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Climate Action Alliance of the Valley, a non-profit, grassroots group of volunteers in the Central Shenandoah Valley, produces The Weekly Roundup of Climate and Energy News to inform legislators and the public.
VT student majoring in creative technologies in music develops software for tech company
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A Virginia Tech undergraduate helped build software capable of communicating with a device that can translate finger pressure into sound and light.
Virginia Tech research explores the impacts of mobile phones for Maasai women
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Mobile phones have the power to change the lives of women living in remote communities by reducing barriers to information and increasing access to local economies.
United Way of Staunton, Augusta County, and Waynesboro expands Stuff the Bus campaign
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Stuff the Bus — the annual school-supplies drive led by United Way of Staunton, Augusta Country, and Waynesboro — is being expanded this year.
McEachin urges leadership to exclude corporate immunity from COVID-19 relief
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Congressman A. Donald McEachin (VA-04) and Congressman Matt Cartwright (PA-08) are urging House and Senate leadership to reject proposals for comprehensive federal corporate immunity in forthcoming COVID-19 relief packages.
Albemarle County hires Fentress Architects for courts addition, renovation project
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Albemarle County has hired Fentress Architects to design and facilitate construction of the $45.2 million Courts Complex Addition and Renovations project.
