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Nearly one in four college students face food insecurity. As the largest public nutritional program in the United States, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is one important resource that states and colleges can use to support low-income college students. Yet SNAP eligibility rules for college students are complex (see the box below), and only a small proportion of eligible students participate. In Colorado, RAND researchers found that only 9.1 percent of all undergraduate students and 36.6 percent of likely eligible students participate in SNAP. These findings build on evidence of low SNAP participation rates in other states and national…

An effort to create a new cyber-focused military service under the Army narrowly failed in the Senate, but the lawmaker who proposed it isn’t backing down. Last month, Defense One exclusively reported that Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., was spearheading a markup amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that would create a Cyber Force. The effort ultimately failed by a vote of 14-13, with four Democrats and 10 Republicans swatting the amendment down. Nine Democrats and four Republicans voted in favor.“We remain optimistic about Cyber Force and the Senator will continue to push for its creation,” a Gillibrand spokesperson said.While the…

Arman Tsarukyan is someone who should be next up to fight for the UFC lightweight belt in the eyes of many and a former kingpin of the UFC’s 155 pound division has weighed in on the curious situation the top contender finds himself in. The combatant in question is Benson Henderson who grappled with Tsarukyan quasi-recently in a grappling contest that saw the latter win via submission at ACBJJ 18. Through the athletic meritocracy lens, Tsarukyan should be getting the UFC title shot in the eyes of many, but instead reigning champ Ilia Topuria will fight interim belt holder Justin…

Credit: Defense FeedsDefense Feeds – St. Louis. The Boeing Unveils MQ-28 Ghost Bat Drone Armed With AMRAAM Missiles announcement signals a major evolution in autonomous air combat capabilities as unmanned aircraft move beyond reconnaissance roles and increasingly take on direct combat missions.Boeing has revealed new details about the MQ-28 Ghost Bat, showcasing the combat drone configured with internally carried AIM-120 AMRAAM air-to-air missiles and beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS) control capabilities.The development represents a significant step toward transforming the aircraft from a surveillance and support platform into a fully integrated combat asset capable of operating alongside crewed fighter jets in contested airspace.The MQ-28…

Three losses in a row. Fan criticism piling up. A small group still believing. Petnamkhong Sor Maneekhot held onto that small group and kept training. On Friday night, he gets to show what holding on looked like. Petnamkhong faces Thai striker Maisangkum Sor Yingcharoenkarnchang in the strawweight Muay Thai main event of ONE Friday Fights 158, streaming live from Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand on Friday, June 12. The 22-year-old Laotian enters on a two-bout winning streak that includes a second-round TKO of Tonglampoon FA Group, his most recent outing. Maisangkum carries a 7-1 record in ONE Championship, with four…

KYIV — Warfare in Ukraine and beyond faces a paradigm shift in the coming years as artificial intelligence systems integrate into unified networks that speed up decisions on the battlefield, a senior Ukrainian official said.Ukraine, in the fifth year of fighting a full-scale Russian invasion, is already using AI for a plethora of battlefield functions, from flying drones at targets to helping plan combat operations and crunching data on Russian missile attacks.“AI will form a new paradigm of warfare. It’s already actively doing so,” Danylo Tsvok, the head of the defense ministry’s AI center, told Reuters.He predicted AI systems would…

Mike Mentzer once said, “Shoulders are the mark of a man.” Whether you agree with the wording or not, the sentiment still lands with the force of a loaded barbell. Broad, rounded shoulders have always represented strength, athleticism, and physical presence. In both males and females alike the shoulders frame the torso, widen the silhouette, and can transform an average physique into something from aesthetic to powerful looking. And when it comes to building them, few exercises rival the seated shoulder press. Why the Seated Shoulder Press Is One of the Best Shoulder Exercises The shoulder itself is a complex…

As the U.S. enters peak season for mosquitoes and a summer that could be “the worst … in memory” for disease-carrying ticks, a new bug repellent solution that may make it easier to stay protected is sitting on the shelf in a Navy lab, awaiting investment. The polymer-based material, described by researchers as having a “gummy bear” consistency, offers a way to weave the widely used and effective DEET insect repellent into fabric or onto patches or strips to provide long-term repellency for a minimum of six months without regular maintenance or reapplication. But the Naval Research Laboratory, where the…

India’s water politics has once again come under scrutiny following the remarks of Nishikant Dubey, a Bharatiya Janata Party Member of Parliament, who on May 30 publicly criticized the India–Bangladesh memorandum of understanding on water sharing. Speaking in Parliament, Dubey alleged that “Farmers in Bihar, Jharkhand, and Uttar Pradesh are committing suicide without water; silt has accumulated in the Ganga, but the water goes to Bangladesh? The Teesta River is the lifeline of Sikkim–we could generate electricity and irrigation, but the water goes to Bangladesh? The Brahmaputra is the lifeline of Assam and Bengal, but the water goes to Bangladesh?”.…

As artificial intelligence compresses the advantage of software itself, making features easier to replicate and code easier to write, differentiation is moving toward execution. As technology becomes increasingly automated, people who understand how systems actually operate become more important, not less. This is particularly true for government, which has concerns and priorities that arefundamentally different from the commercial sector. From the outset, security shapes decisions. Systems have to integrate with infrastructure that wasn’t designed to be replaced. And the cost of failure doesn’t just show up on a balance sheet; it shows up in delayed decisions, reduced visibility, and missed…