Los Alamos residents Dorota Listwan of Poland and her son Mark Listwan with their Certificates of Naturalization. The mother and son became United States citizens this morning at a ceremony in Albuquerque. Dorota and her husband Pawel Listwan own Cottonwood on the Greens Restaurant at the Los Alamos Golf Course. Pawel became an American citizen in 2016. Courtesy photo Read More
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Rover Findings Indicate Stratified Lake On Ancient Mars
Sedimentary Signs of a Martian Lakebed (Shallow Part): This evenly layered rock imaged in 2014 by the Mastcam on NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover shows a pattern typical of a lake-floor sedimentary deposit near where flowing water entered a lake. Shallow and deep parts of an ancient Martian lake left different clues in mudstone formed from lakebed deposits. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
- Water carried more oxygen at certain times, depths
A long-lasting lake on ancient Mars provided stable environmental conditions that differed significantly from one part of the lake to another, Read More
Classical Music World: Notes From Cliburn 2
Los Alamos Concert Association Artistic Director Ann McLaughlin reports on the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth. Courtesy Photo
By Ann McLaughlin
Artistic Director
Los Alamos Concert Association
Artistic Director
Los Alamos Concert Association
Downtown Fort Worth is all gussied up for the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Banners line the streets. The Cliburn logo is everywhere. Even the crosswalks in front of the Bass Concert Hall are painted to look like keyboards. For a city that is famous for its stockyards, these Texans sure take their music seriously!
We arrived here Thursday morning Read More
History On Tap: The Soviet Side Of The Cold War Tonight!
Los Alamos History Museum News:
Join the Los Alamos History Museum for History on Tap, for an engaging discussion about the Soviet side of the Cold War with Samantha Lippard. History on Tap, part of the On Tap series presented by the Los Alamos Creative District, is 5:30 p.m. today at UnQuarked, 145 Central Park Square.
How did the other side live during the Cold War? This edition of History on Tap will explore the Soviet side of the Cold War, from Levi’s blue jeans and the British Invasion to cosmonauts and Soviet television. Come learn about the many ways in which the Soviet Union and the United States Read More
Classical Music World: Notes From Cliburn 1
Van Cliburn in 1959, the only classical musician to be honored with a ticker tape parade in New York. Courtesy photo
By Ann McLaughlin
Artistic Director
Los Alamos Concert Association
It happens every four years. Competitors vie for medals as fans cheer. Paparazzi swarm about. It isn’t the Olympics. It’s the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition! The competition is underway right now and I will be reporting to you from Fort Worth every day.
The story of the competition’s birth is legendary and begins in Moscow.
In 1958, at the height of the cold war, the Soviet Union wanted to showcase Read More
Los Alamos Native Offers Aid, Assistance To Refugees
Los Alamos Native Ariana Rowberry volunteers at two refugee camps in Greece. Courtesy Photo
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
Ariana Rowberry, a Los Alamos native, was working in the Middle East Directorate in Washington, D.C., when she decided to take some time off before going to law school this fall. Motivated to gain firsthand exposure to some of the policy issues that her directorate worked on, she decided to volunteer at refugee camps in Greece.
Rowberry spent February through April volunteering at two camps: Ritsona, a camp north of Athens primarily Read More
Griggs: Dateline Oaxaca … A More Leisurely Visit
Two rappers gesticulating and insulting each other to music in El Llano Park. After a particularly good zinger, the crowd would laugh and applaud. After each round, the crowd would vote for their favorite rapper. Photo by David Griggs 
A roaring lion at the entrance to Parque Juarez (El Llano) in Oaxaca, Mexico. Photo by David Griggs
By DAVID GRIGGS
Foreign Correspondent
Los Alamos Daily Post
Three days in Oaxaca was not enough, so this year I stretched my visit to two weeks. Hostel Don Nino at 804 Pino Suarez was once again my base of operations. A bunk in a dorm cost about $10, and included a hot Read More
Study Shows Humans Have Polluted European Air For 2000 Years
The Colle Gnifetti Glacier on the Swiss-Italian border where the ice core used in the study was taken. In the bottom right corner, the coring stie can be seen. Photo by Nicole Spaulding
AGU News:
WASHINGTON, DC — A new study combining European ice core data and historical records of the infamous Black Death pandemic of 1349-1353 shows metal mining and smelting have polluted the environment for thousands of years, challenging the widespread belief that environmental pollution began with the Industrial Revolution in the 1700s and 1800s.
The new study, accepted for publication in GeoHealth, Read More
World Wedding Traditions To Bring Good Fortune
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COMMUNITY News:
Everyone loves a wedding. Spirits are high, drinks are flowing, the best man is shaving the groom, the mother-in-law is throwing ducks at the bride …
Weddings are different for every culture around the world and a new infographic from 888Poker reveals a collection of the most interesting and colourful – though it’s certainly optional whether to include them in one’s own special day.
A Different Type of Wedding Bell
Some of the rituals might be more familiar – like throwing the bouquet or breaking a glass – but others won’t be. While nearly 75 percent of unmarried Read More
LANL: ‘Halos’ Discovered On Mars Widen Time Frame For Potential Life
A mosaic of images from the navigation cameras on the NASA Curiosity rover shows ‘halos’ of lighter-toned bedrock around fractures. These halos comprise high concentrations of silica and indicate that liquid groundwater flowed through the rocks in Gale crater longer than previously believed. Courtesy/NASA/JPL-Caltech
LANL News:
Lighter-toned bedrock that surrounds fractures and comprises high concentrations of silica—called “halos”—has been found in Gale crater on Mars, indicating that the planet had liquid water much longer than previously believed. The new finding is reported Read More