This last spring, I was in Washington for an awards dinner given by the American Task Force on Lebanon. The talents of the exceptionally gifted Lebanese were on display: The room was filled with accomplished expatriates and immigrants — business leaders, diplomats, physicians, writers and poets, an opera singer — from their troubled Middle Eastern
Photo: Dr. Noel Richardson and students Alexis Lane, Marina Beltran and Teagan Laws prepare for flight aboard NASA’s flying observatory. (Photo: Embry-Riddle) Students from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University recently had the rare opportunity to travel aboard the world’s largest flying observatory, NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA). They conducted hands-on research, glimpsed the aurora borealis and
Scientists think there are 300 million habitable planets in the Milky Way, and some may be home to intelligent life. Bruno Gilli/ESO, CC BY Chris Impey, University of Arizona If a person is lost in the wilderness, they have two options. They can search for civilization, or they could make themselves easy to spot by
The Prescott Creation Society has announced that its first creation science seminar of the year will be held this Saturday, April 17th, from 9 am to noon at the Open Door Baptist Church, 8451 E. Stevens Drive, in Prescott Valley. The featured speaker will be Dr. Thomas Kindell, a nationally known speaker on creation science who
Twenty-four hours after Tuesday’s election, the U.S. officially will exit the Paris Agreement, an effort by nearly 200 countries to reduce the threat of man-made climate change. This comes as Arizona voters are expressing a growing interest in climate change and environmental policy. A new survey of voters indicates Arizonans are becoming more concerned about