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Heinrich Wants Answers On Abandoning Kurdish Allies

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U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich

From the Office of U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich:         

  • U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich is warning of the dangerous precedent this sets for U.S. relations in the region.

WASHINGTON, D.C.– In a key Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) questioned Secretary of Defense for Policy John C. Rood on the Trump administration’s reckless decision to withdraw U.S. forces from northern Syria.

The removal of U.S. forces from the region in early October extinguished trust and partnerships Read More

Two Russians Charged with Series of Hacking, Bank Fraud Offenses, Malware Deployment

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Maksim V. Yakubets indicted for international computer hacking and bank fraud schemes. Courtesy/FBI

HSNW News:

The U.S. Justice Department announced computer hacking and bank fraud charges against Russian national Maksim Yakubets, the alleged leader of a cybercriminal organization that has illicitly earned more than $100 million since 2016.

Simultaneously, the U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions against Yakubets and his Evil Corp, which is behind the widespread use of a multifunctional malware package that has harvested online banking credentials from infected computers Read More

With Interest In Space Soaring, Spaceport America Launches E-Commerce Merchandise Store

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Spaceport America lightweight fleece blanket costs $16 and rolls up and includes a carry handle for easy transport and storage. To shop for Spaceport America and space-themed merchandise, visit www.spaceportamerica.com/shop. Courtesy/SA

 
SPACEPORT AMERICA News:
 
With 2019 marking the 50th anniversary of the Apollo landing on the moon, as well as major advances being made in the aerospace industry, public interest in space is at an all-time high.
 
To celebrate this renewed interest in space, Spaceport America has launched an e-commerce site, offering Spaceport
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FBI: Las Cruces Man Arrested In Mexico Faces International Parental Kidnapping Charges

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FBI News:

Clarence Michael Ransom, 52, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, has been charged in a federal criminal complaint with two counts of international parental kidnapping and one count of failure to report international travel as a sex offender.

Ransom was arrested Sunday in Mexico by Mexican authorities and returned to the United States, where Tuesday the U.S. Marshals Service took custody of him.

Ransom is accused in an FBI criminal complaint of taking his 3- and 4-year-old sons to Mexico in October, allegedly in violation of a custody agreement he signed with the children’s mother.

The boys Read More

Ethnic Minority Women Least Likely To Be Offered Speaking Opportunities At Scientific Conferences

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AGU News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new study finds scientists from racial and ethnic minority populations, already underrepresented in the field of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), were likely to have relatively fewer speaking opportunities at scientific conferences.
 
The disadvantage was found to be more severe for women of color, according to the new research.
 
The new commentary, published in the journal Nature, is the first of its kind to evaluate speaking opportunities for ethnic and racial minorities at scientific conferences. It also provides
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NASA Awards UbiQD Of Los Alamos Second, Larger Contract To ‘Tailor The Solar Spectrum For Enhanced Crop Yield For Space Missions’

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UbiQD’s quantum dot-enabled retrofit greenhouse film, UbiGro™, deployed above rows of tomatoes in a research greenhouse in the Netherlands. Courtesy/UbiQD, Inc.

BUSINESS News:

  • The Phase II STTR contract will fund further collaboration with the University of Arizona’s Controlled Environment Agriculture Center to develop new light recipes using UbiQD’s quantum dot technology

UbiQD, Inc., a New Mexico-based nanotechnology development company, announced today that it has been awarded a Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Read More

Support RSF USA: Protect Press Freedom In 2020

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Courtesy/RSF
 
RSF USA News:
 
The First Amendment is a cornerstone of American democracy. When the press comes under attack, our democracy falters. Right now, American democracy is faltering.
 
Day in and day out, Reporters Without Borders (RSF USA) carries out critical research, publishes reports, influences policy, and organizes events to advance press freedom and protect citizens’ right to know.
 
RSF USA is launching its year-end fundraising campaign to allow us to continue our crucial work in 2020.
 
Next year we are mobilizing around three main objectives: 
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LANL: Drought Impact Study Shows New Issues For Plants And Carbon Dioxide

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Drought is already the most widespread factor affecting plant production via direct physiological impacts such as water limitation and heat stress. Courtesy/Dreamstime
 
LANL News:
 
Extreme drought’s impact on plants will become more dominant under future climate change, as noted in a paper out today in the journal Nature Climate Change.
 
Analysis shows that not only will droughts become more frequent under future climates, but more of those events will be extreme, adding to the reduction of plant production essential to human and animal populations. 
 
“Even
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UP Aerospace Launches Space Loft-14 Rocket

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UP Aerospace News:
 
Spaceport America, the world’s first purpose-built commercial spaceport located in southern New Mexico and UP Aerospace, a space launch and flight test service provider based in Highlands Ranch, Colo. with facilities at Spaceport America, announced the successful launch Friday, Nov. 22 of UP Aerospace’s Space Loft 14 (SL-14) rocket from the Spaceport America Vertical Launch Area.
 
With NASA and multiple university programs present, the launch—which was part of the NASA Flight Opportunities Program—marked UP Aerospace’s thirteenth launch from Spaceport
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World Futures: Education Part Four

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By ANDY ANDREWS
Los Alamos World Futures Institute

In Part Three of this series we examined what students need to learn about Earth as they are progressing through primary and secondary school.

Secondary school seems to be the ending point of societal and governmental supported education for everyone and finishes after grade 12.

While one might argue that government and society should support post-secondary education fully, perhaps through grade 14, one can argue that we merely need to alter the 12-year curriculum.

Of course this becomes a major challenge with the rapid evolution of knowledge Read More