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The easiest way to restore your attention span could be just outside your door
Los Angeles Times
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August 21, 2025
Walking in nature for as little as 15 to 20 minutes can improve your attention span — even if you don’t always enjoy it. In his new 324-page book, “Nature and the Mind: The Science of How Nature Improves Cognitive, Physical, and Social Well-Being”...
Florence Mary Houk
Ludington Daily News - Michigan
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Florence Mary Houk, 102, of Ludington died peacefully at Ludington Woods on August 18, 2025, with family by her side. Florence Mary was born in Caseville Township, Huron County, MI, on November 17, 1922, to her parents Harold Richard (Dick) and...
What would universal prekindergarten do for Ohio’s workforce?
Ohio Capital Journal
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August 21, 2025
What do Georgia, Oklahoma, Vermont, and West Virginia have in common? Despite the wide range of geography, politics, and demographics between these four states, they share a specific statewide policy in common: each has a universal prekindergarten...
Inside America’s $100+ billion truck parking crisis
The Trucker
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August 20, 2025
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — America’s truck parking shortage is imposing a staggering $100 billion annual burden on drivers, fleets and the trucking industry. According to groundbreaking new truck parking research, drivers waste 56 minutes and drive 15...
Grazing Tools Discussed In A Recent Rancher Thursday Webinar
Livestock Weekly - Texas
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August 19, 2025
VIA WEBINAR — Dr. Laura Goodman, Oklahoma State University Extension specialist in rangeland ecology, initiated some grazing distribution research in 2010. GPS collars are used to track where the cattle graze. Some of the research was about trying...
Cyclone super fan Jay Chapman helps create Hilton Magic
Des Moines Register - Iowa
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Jay Chapman has been a dedicated Iowa State Cyclones fan for over 40 years, leading the ISU Alumni Pep Band and serving as president of the Cyclone Gridiron Club. The alumni pep band, founded by Chapman, plays at Hilton Coliseum during school...
Blue Origin Rocket to Set Payload Record on NS-35 Mission
Aero-News Network - Florida
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August 19, 2025
Blue Origin’s next New Shepard mission will be a big one, taking more than 40 payloads to space and bringing the rocket’s total to over 200. As of now, NS-35 is set to blast off from Launch Site One on Saturday, August 23. The previous mission,...
'Seems like satire': Schools chief ripped as teachers weeded out with 'America First Test'
Raw Story
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August 20, 2025
Teachers from California and New York seeking work in Oklahoma will be required to pass an "America First Test" designed to weed out applicants espousing "radical leftist ideology," the state's public schools chief affirmed Monday. Oklahoma—which...
New advanced cancer care center opens at Norman Regional; see inside
The Oklahoman
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Access to advanced cancer care is expanding in Norman and south-central Oklahoma with the grand opening of OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center at Norman Regional. The new 50,000-square-foot facility was made possible through a partnership between...
Pregnant veterans, criminalizing abortion and opposition to IVF
Baptist News Global
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August 22, 2025
Reproductive rights continue to weaken in the United States under the Trump administration, and pregnant people are dying. It’s nearly impossible to keep up with the news as states continue to change their laws to make it harder for pregnant...
The Forgotten Creatures That Ruled Before the Great Dying
SciTechDaily
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August 21, 2025
An artistic rendering of an evening approximately 252 million years ago during the late Permian in the Luangwa Basin of Zambia. The scene includes several saber-toothed gorgonopsians and beaked dicynodonts. Credit: Gabriel Ugueto Unearthing...
Rural emergency rooms are increasingly run without doctors
KPVI - Idaho
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Nurse practitioner Alex Lovec examines Ben Bruski during a visit to the clinic at Dahl Memorial Healthcare Association in Ekalaka, Montana, for help with his allergies. He says he's happy with the care he's received from the hospital's emergency...
OSU breaks all-time enrollment record
The O'Colly - Oklahoma
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Oklahoma State continues to maintain its status as the largest higher education system in Oklahoma. On the first day of class, 36,934 students were enrolled across OSU’s five campuses — OSU-Stillwater, OSU-OKC, OSU-Tulsa, OSU-IT (Okmulgee) and OSU...
OU Health surgeon shines light on lung cancer with novel imaging agent
The Journal Record - Oklahoma
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August 20, 2025
Summary: – OU Health first in Oklahoma to use Cytalux, a cancer-targeting imaging agent. – The agent makes tumors fluoresce under near-infrared light, improving precision. – Early use shows promise for removing small, hard-to-detect lung tumors....
‘MAGA loyalty test’ is coming to schools in pro-Trump state
NJ.com - New Jersey
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August 19, 2025
Oklahoma will be rolling out a new job requirement for teachers coming from the blue states of New York and California to weed out “radical leftist ideology." Oklahoma public schools superintendent Ryan Walters said Monday that public school...
7 shows to watch while waiting for more episodes of Peacemaker season 2
Sportskeeda
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August 22, 2025
DC's Peacemaker returned for season 2 on August 21, 2025, with John Cena back on screen as the aggressive mercenary Chris Smith. What started as a spin-off of the character's journey in The Suicide Squad (2021) went on to become a soft reboot of...
"The Bat Man of Mexico" to headline tequila tasting and ecology lecture at the Sam Noble Museum
The Norman Transcript - Oklahoma
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From sampling bat-friendly™ tequila to learning about the impact and ecology of bats in Mexico, the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History announced two special events featuring internationally acclaimed conservation biologist Dr. Rodrigo...
COLLEGE – KCAC/MIAA Fall Week 1 schedule/scores
KSAL - Kansas
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August 20, 2025
Local College (KCAC / MIAA) Fall Week 1 schedule/results Friday, August 15 KCAC Volleyball Bethel 3, Panhandle State 1 – Bethel Tournament Texas A&M -Texarkana 3, Bethel 2- Bethel Tournament Saturday, August 16 KCAC Volleyball Bethel 3, Langston 0...
Century Aluminum to restart production in South Carolina, citing Trump’s tariffs
Simm Tester - Texas
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Monday, August 18, 2025 Century Aluminum Co. will restart more than 50,000 metric tons of idled production at its Mt. Holly, South Carolina, smelter, to bolster domestic supplies as Section 232 tariffs hamper aluminum imports, the Chicago-based...
Same Excess Death Patterns in Multiple Data Sets after mRNA Vaccine Rollouts
Brownstone
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August 20, 2025
This article is based on the painstaking and meticulous work of intrepid researcher and Substack writer csofand. I will refer to him as “the researcher,” as he prefers to remain anonymous. I am also grateful for the assistance of citizen...