DOWNS – A science teacher from Tri-Valley High School and his students will have the opportunity to work with NASA and the Center for Infrared Processing and Analysis at California Institute of Technology do some research in astronomy over the next year. Jeff Benter has been selected to be partRead More →
A new organization called the Association for Mathematical Research (AMR) has sparked fierce debate in the mathematics research and education communities since its launch last October. Its declared mission is to “support research and scholarship in mathematics” – a goal similar to that proclaimed by two long-standing groups: the AmericanRead More →
First Nations Peoples, please note that this article talks about times of racial discrimination in history, including the plight and death of First Nations people. Research continues to show that the burden of disease among First Nations people is more than double that of non-Indigenous Australians. This despite the generalRead More →
History links INDIANAPOLIS – Former student softball athlete Augustana Kendall cornick added another national award to her mantle as she was named the recipient of the 2022 Today’s Top 10 Award, presented annually by the NCAA. The award is the second received by a Viking student-athlete as Augustana only becomesRead More →
For years, researchers have wondered where a 1936 painting by the modernist and Maine native Marsden Hartley was. They knew the painting existed because a black and white photo of it was reproduced in a catalog at a Hartley exhibit in Nova Scotia in 1987. The painting itself, an elegyRead More →
the Tennessee Titans survived an unexpected surge in the second half of the Houston Texans and won their regular season finale by a final score of 28-25. In doing so, the Titans clinched the AFC’s No.1 seed, a first-round pass and a field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs. Starting quarterbackRead More →
But while researching the nightlife in pre-industrial Europe and America, he found the first evidence that many humans slept in segments – a first sleep and a second sleep with a few hour break in between to have intercourse. sex, praying, eating, chatting and taking medicine. “It was a sleepRead More →
Submitted by Wayne Strong The Tri Cities Civil War Roundtable will welcome Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park historian Jim Ogden to Kingsport for a rare Wednesday night program. Ogden will present “Wauhatchie: The Rise of the 11th and 12th Corps to War in the West” on January 12 atRead More →
In 2015, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi announced that the country would transform its capital into a “new” city to be built 50 km east of the current capital, Cairo. The city, named the new administrative capital, was due to open in 2021 but has been postponed in light ofRead More →
By Dedra CordleEditor-in-chief Southwestern Public Libraries are set to launch an American doll lending program this year. The plan is to launch the initiative at the Grove City Library in February, followed by the Westland Area Library in September. Each branch will have five dolls from the Historical Characters collectionRead More →