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Penn State football’s Hakeem Beamon shares special family moment on Military Appreciation DayPenn State defensive tackle Hakeem Beamon ran out the American flag to his mother, a former U.S. Army Signal Corps Officer, during the 2024 Military Appreciation Game.Penn State football won a game at Wisconsin that it would not have last year or the one before that.Certainly, it wouldn’t have won this kind of game three years ago when it was similarly undefeated and ranked in the top five. Back then, at Iowa, it lost its starting quarterback halfway through and gradually collapsed not only for the day but…

Story Links TAMPA, Fla. (October 24, 2024) – University of South Florida head men’s basketball coach Amir Abdur-Rahim passed away earlier today.   Abdur-Rahim, 43, was undergoing a medical procedure at a Tampa-area hospital when he passed away due to complications that arose during the procedure.   “All of us with South Florida Athletics are grieving with the loved ones of Coach Abdur-Rahim,” said Vice President for Athletics, Michael Kelly. “He was authentic, driven, and his infectious personality captivated all of Bulls Nation. Coach Abdur-Rahim leaves a lasting impact on our student-athletes, the University, and the community. We are…

One enzyme has a key role in determining whether parrots’ rainbow plumage emerges in vibrant reds, yellows or greens, a new study shows. Parrot feathers flaunt an array of colors, with yellow, red and orange hues made possible by pigments called psittacofulvins that are found only in the vibrant birds (SN: 3/15/05). Blue tones come from nanostructures on feathers — which can appear green when combined with yellow psittacofulvins — and melanin controls black, grey and brown colors (SN: 2/7/24). Tell us about your Science News experience Help us improve by taking our 15-question reader survey. But how psittacofulvin pigments…

Amy Maxmen | (TNS) KFF Health NewsBird flu cases have more than doubled in the country within a few weeks, but researchers can’t determine why the spike is happening because surveillance for human infections has been patchy for seven months.Just this week, California reported its 15th infection in dairy workers and Washington state reported seven probable cases in poultry workers.Hundreds of emails from state and local health departments, obtained in records requests from KFF Health News, help reveal why. Despite health officials’ arduous efforts to track human infections, surveillance is marred by delays, inconsistencies, and blind spots.Several documents reflect a breakdown in…

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The discovery of a 4,000-year-old fortified town hidden in an oasis in modern-day Saudi Arabia reveals how life at the time was slowly changing from a nomadic to an urban existence, archaeologists said on Wednesday.The remains of the town, dubbed al-Natah, were long concealed by the walled oasis of Khaybar, a green and fertile speck surrounded by desert in the northwest of the Arabian Peninsula.Then an ancient 14.5 kilometer-long wall was discovered at the site, according to research led by French archaeologist Guillaume Charloux published earlier this year. For a new study published in the journal PLOS One, a French-Saudi…

Ethereum price started a fresh increase above the $2,600 resistance. ETH is consolidating gains and might aim for a move above the $2,720 resistance. Ethereum started a decent increase above the $2,650 zone. The price is trading above $2,600 and the 100-hourly Simple Moving Average. There is a key bullish trend line forming with support at $2,540 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken). The pair could continue to rise if it clears the $2,650 and $2,720 resistance levels. Ethereum Price Eyes More Gains Ethereum price formed a base above the $2,550 level and started a fresh…

CNN  —  Children who have coughs that go on for weeks may have a type of walking pneumonia that’s been surging in the US this year, and they may need a different antibiotic regimen to treat it, infectious disease experts say. “It’s very much been on our radar since early summer, when we started to see a remarkable increase in the number of kids with pneumonia who seemed to have this particular type of pneumonia,” said Dr. Buddy Creech, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Creech says that on the same day in August, four Nashville-area…

London — There are almost 4,000 emojis to help people express themselves online, but a group of young design students in London says none of them feature Black or mixed-race hairstyles, and they’re determined to change that.”As a Black creative and someone who’s constantly changing their hair, this campaign is really personal to me,” said Olivia Mushigo, senior creative on the Rise.365 team.The London youth group is determined to break down beauty stereotypes with the first ever emojis featuring afros, braids, cornrows and locs. Designer Vanita Brown looks at the final version of one of the Afro hair emojis at…

The 2025 Tour de France route will see the peloton take on six mountain stages, two time trials, six hilly stages and seven sprints during the 3,320km between Lille and Paris.The teams, their drivers and the Tour caravan will be doing almost that distance again in transfers, however, with the distance taken to travel between the 21 stages totalling over 3,000km.Tour de France route rumours website Velowire has calculated the direct distance between each stage of next July’s race, and they’ve come up with a figure of 3,055km to move the Tour from town to town.Those transfers include 14 trips…