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BLACKSBURG, Va. – Florida State (6-6, 4-5 ACC) had a season-high 18 hits and tied a season high with 14 runs, beating No. 18 Virginia Tech (9-5, 5-4) 14-7 Sunday afternoon to clinch the series at English Field. The Seminoles hit four home runs and had eight extra base hits in the contest as Conor Grady improved to 2-1 on the season. Parker Messick, FSU’s Friday night starting pitcher, was Sunday’s designated hitter and went 3-for-5 with a solo home run in the first inning, his first career at-bat. Catcher Mat Nelson, hitting in the cleanup spot for the first time this year, hit a three...

Mangroves are overtaking oysters in Mosquito Lagoon with the help of the planet's warming temperatures. Within a coastal refuge of tiny islands and sea water saltier than the ocean is a climate battle among natural Florida’s titans. It’s happening in Central Florida’s remote and alluring Mosquito Lagoon, which nearly abuts Kennedy Space Center launch pads at the Atlantic Ocean. Reigning guardians of the lagoon are oysters. They assemble in fortresses of low mounds, or reefs that appear above water at low tide. Their closely clustered shells suggest an invincible bristle of daggers and s...

Within the Mosquito Lagoon refuge of tiny islands and sea water saltier than the ocean is a battle of natural Florida’s titans. The lagoon’s reigning guardians are oysters. The invaders are mangroves. Scientists think mangroves may be winning, thanks to a new ally in the rising level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, trapping more of the sun’s heat and rapidly warming the planet. Mangroves are aggressive but can’t tolerate freezing weather and they haven’t had to lately. Cold snaps have all but vanished in the past couple of decades in the Mosquito Lagoon.

A recent policy change in North Carolina vaccine distribution has shifted college and university students to the back of the line, making the timeline for student vaccination unclear. 

Credit: Will Kirk / Johns Hopkins University University operations Careful planning, safety precautions underpin return to classrooms for Johns Hopkins students University officials have spent months honing the plans that will guide this week's resumption of in-person instruction, informed by JHU's own public health experts and the experiences of peer institutions that had students on campus for the fall semester By Dave Alexander / Published Feb 2, 2021 As Johns Hopkins ramps up in-person learning and other activities for the spring semester, it is d...