Merry Christmas from the news team at the Los Alamos Daily Post! Photo of Ashley Pond in downtown Los Alamos taken by John McHale/ladailypost.com Read More
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Los Alamos History Museum Teams With UNM-LA ESL Program To Expand Language Accessibility To Exhibits
UNM-LA ESL students with their instructor Natalia Sherman, UNM-LA Program Manager Jane Clements and Historical Society Executive Director Liz Martineau. Courtesy/Historical Society
By SHARON SNYDER
Los Alamos Historical Society
Por centenas de anos, os Puebloans ancestrais habitaram o planalto de alta altitude, agora conhecido como Pajarito. Antes dos Espanhóis chegarem ao Novo México, em 1500, opovo ancestral Pueblo havia se mudado para o fértil vale do Rio Grande, provavelmente impulsionado pela seca.
Imagine standing in a museum in a foreign country, looking at interesting artifacts Read More
Michael Phillips Of Los Alamos Top 50 Kids Coach
Los Alamos Golf Professional Michael Phillips
GOLF News:
PEACHTREE CORNERS, Ga. – Michael Phillips of the Los Alamos has been honored for the second time as a Top 50 Kids Coach by U.S. Kids Golf, the world’s leading organization in developing young golfers.
Phillips, a golf professional at the Los Alamos County Golf Course also was honored in 2018 as a Top 50 Kids Coach.
The Award recognizes coaches who have excelled in developing players, fostering a positive environment, and using the best available resources to help advance their students.
The Top 50 Kids Coaches of 2019 includes golf professionals Read More
LANL Director Thom Mason Speaks To LACACIS On Leveraging Science Against National Security Threats
LANL Director Thom Mason addresses members of the Los Alamos Committee on Arms Control and International Security Thursday at the United Church of Los Alamos. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post
Los Alamos National Laboratory Director Thom Mason presented a talk Thursday evening about leveraging the nation’s scientific base against national security threats.
Mason was the guest speaker at a meeting of the Los Alamos Committee on Arms Control and International Security meeting at the United Church
Counting Photons Routine Enough To Need Standards
As part of a research project to help establish standards for photon-counting detectors, NIST physicist Thomas Gerrits adjusts the laser beam hitting a detector. The squiggly overhead light helps researchers see the lab setup without disturbing the detectors, which are insensitive to blue light. Photo by J. Burrus/NIST
NIST News:
Since the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) built its first superconducting devices for counting photons (the smallest units of light) in the 1990s, these once-rare detectors have become popular research tools all over the world. Now, NIST Read More
World Futures Institute: Education Revisited – Part Two
By ANDY ANDREWSLos Alamos World Futures Institute
In Part One of this series we looked at teachers in the classroom, the more traditional practice in education. With technology today, however, one might ask why we cannot do it all online?
Think of all the money that could be saved for society if we could eliminate all of the classroom teachers. Or could we? Plus, if we did it on a national scale, the curriculum could be held constant everywhere. Of course, local knowledge might suffer.
Recently I became aware of a course offering for a one semester English course that provided full high
Read More Europe 2020 Fundraiser Underway At Century Bank
From left, Los Alamos High School students Matt Kuehn, Katie Herrmann, Abby Beus and Sophie Mamula invite the community to buy coffee to support the annual educational trip to Europe. The fundraiser is underway until 5 p.m. today at Century Bank in the Smith’s Marketplace shopping center. Christmas crafts are available for free as well. Courtesy photo NASA Sending New Generation Rover To Mars
Cadets in the Museum’s summer camp Wheels Up program test high-altitude pressure suits they built to protect marshmallows. Cadets were given nitrile gloves, sealable food bags, and tape and told to use their imagination. Their designs were tested in a vacuum jar. Registration for summer camp in Alamogordo and Las Cruces is now open and available on the Museum’s website. Courtesy/NMMSH
NMMSH News:
ALAMOGORDO – In mid-August 2020, NASA is sending a new generation rover to Mars as part of the Mars Exploration Program.
The mission will search for signs of past microbial life, characterize the Read More
Reporters Without Borders Issues Worldwide Round-Up Of Journalists Killed, Detained, Held Hostage In 2019
RSF News:
Every year Reporters Without Borders USA (RSF) publishes its statistical round up of deadly violence against journalists: 2019 Roundup.
RSF USA’s analysis of the statistics collected in the 2019 Roundup shows that more journalists were deliberately targeted, murdered and imprisoned in 2019 than in years previous, particularly those covering corruption, human rights violations or organized crime. Donald Trump’s hostility towards the independent media is spreading and amplifying already dangerous conditions for journalists worldwide.
While the percentage Read More
Tom Udall, Senators Push Internal Revenue Service To Stop Shielding Secret Money In Elections
U.S. Sen. Tom UdallU.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.), author of the For the People Act and the Democracy for All Amendment, reiterated the need for strong transparency requirements for dark, secret money campaign contributions in a comment submitted to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) with 16 of his colleagues.
The comment urges the commissioner of the IRS to reverse the agency’s new rule allowing political advocacy groups to stop disclosing donor lists to the IRS and Treasury Department.
In the 2018 alone, $100 million in secret,
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