IRVING, Texas, May 8 -- The Big 12 Conference, a college athletic conference, issued the following news: * * * 2025 Big 12 Softball Yearly Awards Announced The 2025 Big 12 softball yearly awards feature five Big 12 programs claiming individual honors while 10 teams are represented across the All-Big 12, All-Freshmen and All-Defensive Team. Awards were voted on by the league's head coaches, who could not vote for themselves or their own players. Texas Tech's NiJaree Canady (pitcher) and Gerry  more

IRVING, Texas, May 8 -- The Big 12 Conference, a college athletic conference, issued the following news: * * * Arizona and Baylor Garner Final Big 12 OTF Weekly Honors Arizona's Zach Extine (men's) and Baylor's Tiriah Kelley (women's) claimed the final Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field Athletes of the Week awards of the 2025 season. Extine won the men's 110-meter hurdles at the Desert Heat Classic with a time of 13.17 seconds. His mark set the program's all-conditions record and was a personal   more

CORVALLIS, Oregon, May 8 -- Oregon State University issued the following news release: * * * Warming climate making fine particulate matter from wildfires more deadly and expensive CORVALLIS, Ore. - Scientists say human-caused climate change led to 15,000 additional deaths from wildfire air pollution in the continental United States during the 15-year period ending in 2020. About 35% of the additional deaths attributed to climate change occurred in 2020, the year of the historic Labor Day fi  more

TUCSON, Arizona, May 8 -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: * * * A vast molecular cloud, long invisible, is discovered near solar system By Hannah Hindley An international team of scientists including University of Arizona astronomer Erika Hamden has discovered a molecular cloud that is one of the largest single structures in the sky, and among the closest molecular clouds to Earth ever detected. Previously invisible to telescopes, the discovery hints at the pre  more