Deserts

In Washington state, they’re transforming teachers. You’ve heard the phrase “as American as apple pie;” might it one day rather reference a baked dish of privilege? Such is the type of food for thought educators in the west were recently served. As reported by DefendingEd.org, an anonymous teacher has provided information concerning the Tumwater School District’s schooling of…

Last Thursday, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a statue honoring one of the greatest traitors the United States has ever produced can, at long last, come down. The state of Virginia may now begin to disassemble the behemoth sculpture honoring Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that resides on the city’s fabled Monument Avenue, on which statuary to Confederate luminaries (and much later…

Footprints of three dinosaur species have been found in the Thar desert in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district. It is a major discovery since it is evidence of the presence of the giant reptiles in the western part of the State, which formed the seashore to the Tethys Ocean during the Mesozoic era. The footprints found stone-like, were made originally in the sediment or silt of the seashore. They…

Home News TechAn artist’s illustration of a greenhouse in space inside a Nanoracks StarLab Outpost module. (Image credit: Nanoracks/Mack Crawford)High-tech solar greenhouses inspired by technology developed for missions to the moon and Mars could soon grow food in Arabian deserts and in Earth orbit, according to the space services company Nanoracks. Nanoracks, known for…