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The University of Kentucky football team already has a top-25 freshman class heading to Lexington next year, but Mark Stoops, Vince Marrow and company aren't done developing the next batch of future Wildcats yet. On Tuesday afternoon, On3's Steve Wiltfong released two RPM (Recruiting Projection Machine) picks that have Kentucky taking two 2025 prospects: four-star tight end Mikal Skinner from Cincinnati and three-star offensive lineman Jaeden Clark. Skinner, who had committed to the Bearcats since June, received his offer from Kentucky on July 10 and took an unofficial visit to Lexington later that month to meet with Marrow. Kentucky then…

Sign up for The Texas Tribune's daily newsletter, “The Brief,” to keep readers up to date on the most important Texas news. State lawmakers began considering the complex world of artificial intelligence Tuesday, offering an early glimpse into how Texas might try to regulate the burgeoning technology. During a nearly four-hour hearing, the Texas Senate Commerce Committee heard a wide range of concerns about the potential risks of AI, including the spread of misinformation, biased decision-making, and violations of consumer privacy. By the end of the hearing, at least some of the 11 committee members seemed convinced that the state…

Staff | Advanced TV Warner Bros. Discovery's streaming platform Max will launch its 24/7 live CNN International channel in 22 European countries across Spain, Scandinavia, Belgium, the Netherlands and Central and Eastern Europe on August 29, with the world's attention focused on this year's US presidential election. Leading up to Election Day on November 5, Max subscribers can follow the campaign trail in the final critical weeks of the race for the White House, including coverage of the ABC News presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, which will be simulcast in Europe on CNN…

President L. Rafael Reif praised the Banana Lounge in his final address to the graduating class in May 2022. “The Banana Lounge is 'very MIT' in its charm and eccentricity,” he said, and listed some impressive (and MIT-like) reasons for its success, including that the students prototyped the lounge and tested it in real-world conditions, analyzed multiple fruits and the supply chain to minimize costs, tracked and adjusted the fruit's environmental conditions, secured funding from Feld, and “developed the cutting-edge concept of 'free coffee.'” “More than 500,000 bananas have already been served in the lounge, two of which are mine,”…

An optical microscope photograph shows scales on the wing of an adult painted lady butterfly.Courtesy of the researchers “Using a special microscopy technique that peers through openings made in the chrysalis itself, the team continuously photographed individual scales as they grew out of the wing membrane during key periods in the butterfly's development. These images revealed for the first time how the initially smooth surface of the scales wrinkles and forms tiny parallel waves, like the ridges in corduroy. The ripple-like structures eventually grow into finer, more patterned ridges that enable the many functions of the adult wing scales.” The…

High School Football Picks Published Tuesday, August 27, 2024 at 4:37 p.m. Overall Record Allen LaMountain 9-4 C.Y. Peters 7-6 Ron Marvel 5-8 Ivan Sanders 5-8 Allen LaMountain Allen LaMountain's Picks Morristown West 31, Elizabethton 20 Happy Valley 28, Unicoi County 18 Hampton 33, Johnson County 21 Cloudland 18, West Green 12 Greenville 34, Dobyns-Bennett 27 Anderson County 37, Science Hill 30 Sevier County 42, Jefferson County 28 Tennessee High 32, Sullivan East 7 Daniel Boone 27, Westridge 23 Alcoa 38, Bearden 34 David Crockett 24, Cherokee 14 Tennessee 37, UT Chattanooga 14 Ron Marvel Ron Marvel's picks Morristown West…

Health insurance premiums in Vermont are high and rising.Vermont's average premiums for individual market plans are among the highest in the country, more than double the national average even after factoring in federal subsidies, according to data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Premiums in Vermont are rising by double-digit percentages, a much higher increase than most other states, according to data from KFF, a health policy nonprofit. “There's no debate: Vermont is expensive,” said Mike Fisher, Vermont's chief health care advocate. “You see it when you look at insurance rates. You see it when you look at…

It's more of a domestic airport. A travel influencer has gone viral after sharing her experience flying through one of the world's smallest airports. Rosie Palma, known online as @travelercolombia, posted a TikTok video documenting her day traveling through Colombia's Hacaritama Airport. Rosie Palma, known online as @travelercolombia, posted a TikTok video of a day traveling at Colombia's Jacarita Airport, where travelers can buy seats and snacks under a tree. TikTok/travelercolombia She told the Post that she made the video “to show the beauty in simplicity.” The tour begins with Palma approaching a tree providing shade for rows of chairs…

Can chipmaker Nvidia continue the years of rapid growth that have made it the second-most valuable public company, or will it disappoint investors with a slowdown in momentum? That question has stock market watchers closely watching Nvidia's quarterly earnings report, due out Wednesday afternoon, which will provide important insight into the company's future and clues about the financial performance of the semiconductor industry as a whole. “It's the most important stock in the world right now,” EMJ Capital's Eric Jackson said of Nvidia on CNBC's “Closing Bell” last week, while Wedbush Securities tech analyst Dan Ives called Nvidia's upcoming report…

Bringing together some of the finest minds in cardiology with venues named to reflect the international delegates attending the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress 2024 (including Rabat, Brussels, Warsaw and Bishkek), the annual conference kicks off in London on Friday 30 August and is due to run until Monday 2 September.John McMurry, MD, FRCP, FESCImage courtesy of University of Glasgow”We're delivering a really exciting and comprehensive program – even bigger and better than last year,” John McMurray, MD, FRCP, FESC, chair of the 2022-2024 ESC Conference Program Committee and professor of medical cardiology at the University of Glasgow, said…