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Loren Bahls writes a disturbing and incendiary column (Missoulian, Sunday, Dec. 6, “Scientific illiteracy among voters poses a threat”). I will respond as a professional scientist, Republican and evangelical Christian, and clarify what constitutes scientific illiteracy. Bahls describes life’s evolutionary journey as starting with a single cell and forming a branching tree with humans as a twig near the top. Nonsense. The fossil record alone contradicts the upward branching tree m...

2020 vision: Research communicators pick their most memorable stories December 17, 2020 It remains without saying that 2020 has offered unprecedented challenges. In the earliest weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, classrooms emptied, and instruction and outreach quickly transitioned to remote delivery. Research labs, ultimately reopened with modifications for health and safety, were closed for nearly all but those researchers studying the SARS-CoV-2 virus and its effects. Yet, our community is fi...

The Chevron Corporation has donated $21,000 to the St. Mary’s Emergency Relief Fund, the hospital announced in a Dec. 8 news release. The relief fund was established in April as a direct response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It provides financial assistance to patients and the hospital with COVID-19 expenses. The money within the fund is used to help patients treated for COVID-19 pay for expenses such as recovery medication, insurance co-pays and at-home medical equipment. The money is also u...

The suspect in Monday morning’s homicide in Beloit will be held in the Rock County Jail on a $250,000 cash bond. 34-year-old Mario Tucker faces a single charge of first-degree intentional homicide of a 50-year-old Beloit man who has not yet been publicly identified by the Rock County Medical Examiner. Court Commissioner Stephen Meyer followed the cash bail recommendation Thursday from Assistant District Attorney David Olsen, who cited the seriousness of the charge and Tucker’s lack of ties ...

BELOIT — A fatal shooting in Beloit on Dec. 7 appears to have started following an argument over the use of curse words and the behavior of the suspect while staying a rehabilitation home in the 1000 block of Tenth Street, according to a Rock County Circuit Court criminal complaint. Mario T. Tucker, 34, is charged with first-degree intentional homicide in the death of Dwayne Wiggins, 50, and appeared for an initial jail court appearance on Thursday afternoon before Court Commissioner Steph...

• Questions still remain about inventor Stanley Meyer, hydrogen car, 15 years after sudden death By Victor Thorn On March 20, 1998, inventor Stanley Allen Meyer bolted from a Cracker Barrel restaurant in Grove City, Ohio. Once outside in the parking lot, he slumped over and vomited, before pleading: “They poisoned me.” Later that day he died. A local coroner determined that the 57-year-old Meyer perished due to a brain aneurysm, and a three-month police investigation uncovered no evidence...

5 extra days to tally their ballots and our next guest saw firsthand the madness that happened in the 2000 florida recount. stephen meyer was attorney for the democratic party at the time and joins us to talk about this. thank you for joining us so early. >> thank you for having me. heather: lots of people awake in florida, a lot of counting going on but not a big surprise to you. >> it is not. over 8 million people cast ballots in this race. in the 2000 presidential race, 5.9 million people, th...

The ballot and skipped it. a total anomaly. our county has under 10% of the population of florida but 74% of people who skipped voting in the senate race are in broward county. heather: we will see if they meet these deadlines coming up quickly. stephen meyer, appreciate it. the time is about 20 minutes until the top of the hour. from the roads disguise if you are heading home for the holidays, pack your patience, millions more traveling this year than last year. we will tell you what the secret...

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