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SFI Presents ‘The Beautiful Engineering Of Us: Neurons To Collective Minds’ By Thalia Wheatley This Evening

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Camillo Golgi’s “image of a dog’s olfactory bulb (detail)” from Sulla fina anatomia degli organi centrali del sistema nervoso, 1885. Courtesy/SFI

SFI News:

For more than a century, neuroscience has viewed intelligence as a property of individual brains. But brains did not evolve in isolation. Humans are an intensely social species whose minds are continuously shaped by other minds. Increasingly, evidence suggests that our most sophisticated cognitive abilities emerge not from solitary brains, but from networks of interacting people. Human intelligence is fundamentally collective: Read More

PEEC To Host Free Screening Of Documentary ‘The Little Things That Run The World’ June 25

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PEEC News:

In celebration of National Pollinator Week, the Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) will host a free screening of the 2025 documentary The Little Things that Run the World from 6–7:45 p.m., Thursday, June 25, 2026, at the Los Alamos Nature Center Planetarium.

This powerful film explores the dramatic global decline of flying insects: an animal group that makes up three‐quarters of all species on Earth and plays an essential role in holding ecosystems together. Through interviews with scientists, gardeners, farmers, and passionate bug enthusiasts, the documentary Read More

Scenes Of JROMC Banquet Honoring Scholarship Recipients

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A scene from the J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Committee (JROMC) annual banquet that included scholarship recipients, donors, a lecturer and members of the committee, Sunday evening at Pig+Fig Cafe in White Rock. Scholarship recipients included, Santa Fe Indian School graduate Raeann Chavez, Capital High School graduate Emily Trevizo, Española Valley High School graduate Kiara Salinas Ontiveros, Santa Fe High School graduate Paige Tomkins, Capital High School graduate Mariah Sofia Chavez, Capital High School graduate Osmel Pacheco, Los Alamos High School graduate Matthea Fung, Read More

Jigsaw Puzzle Competition At Fuller Lodge June 25

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Scene from a previous Jigsaw Puzzle Competition at Fuller Lodge. Courtesy/LAC

COUNTY News:

Los Alamos County is back with another Jigsaw Puzzle Competition.

Sign up below for the individual competition to face off against other individual puzzlers for the chance to be crowned the Individual Champion.

Details:

  • Date: Thursday, June 25;
  • Time: 6-7:30 p.m.;
  • Location: Fuller Lodge;
  • Audience: Adults; and
  • Categories: Adults.

Registration is required. There are no seats available, but a waiting list is available. Read More

Los Alamos JJAB Hosts 2026 School Supply Drive

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Los Alamos JJAB staff shopping for school supplies in 2025. Courtesy/Los Alamos JJAB

Los Alamos JJAB News:

Los Alamos JJAB has announced the kickoff of its annual School Supply Drive, a community effort dedicated to helping Los Alamos Public Schools (LAPS) students start the school year prepared and ready to learn.

As families continue to face rising costs, school supplies can place an added strain on household budgets. JJAB is committed to easing that burden by collecting financial donations to purchase essential items such as backpacks, notebooks, pens, pencils, folders, and other classroom Read More

Mountaineers Feature Reid Priedhorsky—Helicopter Evacuation From The Canyon Country June 23

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Reid Priedhorsky, subject of and speaker for the June Mountaineers talk

Mountaineers News:

The June 23 Mountaineers meeting will feature a talk by Reid Priedhorsky entitled “How to win 37 pieces of flair via helicopter evacuation from the canyon country, or, perhaps: How not to.”

On Oct. 24, 2025, at 12:12 pm, while hiking near Cheesebox Canyon in southwest Utah, Reid fell 43 feet, smashing his L3 vertebra and pelvis, among other injuries. This yielded a full-scale search-and-rescue response and helicopter evacuation to Grand Junction, Colorado, then, the following morning, eight hours Read More

Frontline Academy, LLC Opens Firearm Training Facility

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Ribbon cutting at Frontline Academy, LLC. Courtesy photo

LACDC News:

The Chamber and LACDC representatives recently led a ribbon cutting for Frontline Academy, LLC, along with owner Isaiah Romriell. The storefront is located at 2101 Trinity Dr Ste F across from Ashley Pond. They are open 5 p.m.–8 p.m., Monday–Thursday, and 9 a.m.–8 p.m., Friday-Sunday.

Frontline Academy LLC is a veteran-led tactical firearms and CCW training, providing professional firearm safety training, Basic Pistol instruction, one-on-one firearms coaching, and advanced simulator-based training. Training Read More

East Park Pool Splash & Dash Series Starts This Wednesday

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East Park Pool News:

Join East Park Pool for Splash And Dash every other Wednesday from 7–9 p.m. This timed swim/run event is open to everyone. You do not need to be an East Park Pool member to participate. Entry is $5 per participant. Register at https://eastparkpool.org/splash-and-dash.

There are three distances to choose from:

  • Long Course: 400-yard swim + 5K run
  • Medium Course: 200-yard swim + 3K run
  • Short Course: 100-yard swim + 1-mile run

Whether you are training seriously or just looking for a fun summer activity, Splash And Dash is a great way for the whole family to get moving. Read More