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Today Marks World Quantum Day 2026

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From World Quantum Day Organization:

          • Discover the language of the universe

World Quantum Day is an annual celebration promoting public awareness and understanding of quantum science and technology around the world.

Why April 14?

The World Quantum Day is celebrated on April 14, a reference to 4.14, the rounded first digits of Planck’s constant: 4.1356677×10−15 eV⋅s = 0.000 000 000 000 004 1356677 electron volt second, a product of energy and time that is the fundamental constant governing quantum physics.

Why is Planck’s constant so important? Did you know it is used to define the kilogram? Read More

2026 Los Alamos Film & Culture Festival April 17-19

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By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Los Alamos

After Mikheil Gabadize went on from the 2025 Los Alamos Film and Culture Festival to win two additional awards, it demonstrated that a small, local event had inspired people in several countries.

The volunteer-run and lead non-profit hopes to set the same good fortune in motion for 2026, once again at the spectacular SALA Los Alamos Event Center April 17-19.

SALA’s owner Allan Saenz  is honored to be hosting it at the event center and excited to partner with Sandy Jones again for this third-year festival that brings films from many different countries.

“What Read More

PEEC: BioBlitz For Global City Nature Challenge April 25

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Craig Martin leads a group on a plant walk. Photo by A. Hannah

PEEC News:

The Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) invites community members of all ages to take part in a BioBlitz at the Los Alamos Nature Center from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, April 25.

This free event is part of the worldwide City Nature Challenge, a friendly competition that encourages people across the globe to document local biodiversity and contribute to real scientific research.

Participants will explore the trails and habitats around the Los Alamos Nature Center, Kinnikinnick Park, and Acid Canyon while working Read More

U.S. And Mexico Collaborate On Historic Transfer Of Mexican Wolves To Durango, Mexico

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Two family groups consisting of four wolves each were transported from the U.S. to Durango, Mexico in March 2026. Courtesy/New Mexico Department of Wildlife

New Mexico Department of Wildlife News:

SANTA FE — The Mexican wolf has returned to the wild in the state of Durango, Mexico, marking a historic effort nearly 50 years in the making.

Thanks to extensive collaboration between state, federal and Mexican agencies and other partners, two family groups consisting of four wolves each were transported from the U.S. to Durango in March 2026. 

Additionally, an adult female Mexican wolf from the Read More

New Mexico Governor Departs For Official Trip To Spain

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STATE News:

SANTA FE — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham left Monday for a trip to Madrid, Spain, to participate in an educational and business outreach summit hosted by the Friends of the National Museum of the American Latino.

The delegation will examine more than 500 years of shared history between the United States and Spain, especially the role of Spanish history in shaping the American story — from Santa Fe, New Mexico, the nation’s first capital, to St. Augustine, Florida, the nation’s oldest city. The governor will also meet with Spanish business leaders to discuss opportunities for Read More

Op-Ed: We Are Not Fighting A King. We Are Fighting An Empire.

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By EMMA ABATA
Los Alamos

Why will you show up by the hundreds to protest one man, but not genocide?

I am not asking to shame you or make you defensive. I am asking because I used to be you. I voted blue no matter who. I loved Obama. I believed that if we could just get the right Democrats into office, we could protect abortion rights, defend trans lives, fight climate change, and stand for justice. I believed the story.

Then I watched a livestreamed genocide unfold on my phone, in real time, funded by my tax dollars, backed by the very Democrats I helped elect. I watched children carry their parents’ remains Read More

Los Alamos High School Astronomy Club To Present Two Student‐Led Planetarium Programs At PEEC

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Courtesy/PEEC

Courtesy/PEEC

PEEC News:

The Los Alamos High School Astronomy Club will present two student‐led planetarium programs at the Pajarito Environmental Education Center’s (PEEC) Los Alamos Nature Center.

Program 1: Planetary Defense — What Happens When an Asteroid Hits Earth?

  • Friday, April 10, 7-8 p.m.
  • Lead Presenter: Lydia Davis

What would happen if an asteroid hit Earth? How can we protect ourselves from interplanetary threats? How must we look to the future to avoid the same fate as the dinosaurs? Come to Los Alamos High School Astronomy Club’s presentation on planetary defense Read More

Lauritzen: Local Rabbi Jack Shlachter Attends Antisemitism Conference, Invites Community To Learn More

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Rabbi Jack Shlachter

By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Los Alamos

Earlier this month, local Rabbi Jack Shlachter attended the 2026 StandWithUs (SWU) conference in Las Vegas, Nev. I discovered this when I reached out to Rabbi Schlachter after the March 12 attack at Temple Israel, a Reform synagogue in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan.

Rabbi Shlachter told me that he was already scheduled to attend an antisemitism conference within the next few days. The last two years have found a group called Rabbis United holding its annual meeting in conjunction with the SWU event. While Rabbis United was a gathering Read More

Registration Open For SFWAF’s Annual Symposium: Democracy In Danger

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Liberty Bell. Courtesy photo

SFWAF News:

The Santa Fe World Affairs Forum with co-sponsorship from the Santa Fe Community College is pleased to announce that registration is now open for its 2026 symposium “Democracy in Danger” to be held Thursday April 30 and Friday May 1, in the college’s Lecture Hall (rm 216).

This two-day annual event will focus on the elements, values of and dangers to democratic governance in the US and abroad. We will begin by exploring democracy from its origins in ancient Greece and Rome then turn in more depth to an exploration of contemporary democracies. We will include Read More