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A building boom at Southern will make room for more academics, more students.

You would think modern science could have vanquished the nasty parasite by now, along with public discussions of unmentionable things that happen in bathrooms. Not yet. The cyclospora outbreak linked to recalled iceberg lettuce from central Mexico has caused more than 6,700 illnesses and 11,500 additional suspected infections

Scientists just got their best look at the sun’s surface and revealed that it was hiding serious Van Gogh energy. Astronomers released photos yesterday that were snapped by the National Science Foundation’s Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Maui. The images were taken while technicians were fine-tuning