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LANL: September Installment Of The Periodic Table At Bathtub Row Brewing In Central Park Square

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Is it turtles all the way down? Find out at this month’s Periodic Table, ‘On the backs of turtles’ with featured guests LANL archaeologist Cyler Conrad and isotope geochemist Jeremy Inglis. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Is it turtles all the way down? Find out at this month’s Periodic Table, “On the backs of turtles” with featured guests Los Alamos National Laboratory archaeologist Cyler Conrad and isotope geochemist Jeremy Inglis 5:30-7 p.m., Monday, Sept. 19 at Bathtub Row Brewing Co-op, 163 Central Park Square.

Conrad, who focuses on human-animal and human-environment interaction, and Read More

Night Sky Program At Fort Union In Watrous Sept. 24

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Night sky program Saturday, Sept. 24 at Fort Union National Monument. Courtesy/NPS

NPS News:

WATROUS — Fort Union National Monument is offering a night sky program Saturday, Sept. 24 that will highlight the scientific and cultural significance of a dark night sky.

The solitude, remoteness, and clear air of Fort Union National Monument make it an ideal place for observing a natural dark sky. We will be using both naked eyes and telescopes to appreciate different interpretations of the night sky.  

Park gates re-open at 6:30 p.m. for those who would like to enjoy a twilight picnic. The formal night Read More

First Bats Fly Through Virginia Tech’s New Bat Cave

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A working motion capture tunnel for both live bats and robots. Courtesy/VT

A robot bat copies the flight of live bats. Courtesy/VT

VIRGINIA TECH News:

Virginia Tech Professor Rolf Mueller started a journey to record the movements of bats in Brunei nearly three years ago. Now, having overcome multiple delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, he has a working motion capture tunnel for both live bats and robots that copy their flight.

With an array of high-speed cameras and ultrasonic microphones, the tunnel’s technology captures the motion and biosonar pulses of the flying bats. By observing Read More

Posts From Abroad: Various Locations Around Iceland

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Posts from Abroad: A view from behind a waterfall recently outside of Vik, Iceland called Skogafoss. Los Alamos Daily Post reporter Kirsten Laskey is visiting the country. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

A cave called Grjotagja viewed recently near Lake Myvatn in Iceland. The water is heated and the site of a scene in the Game of Thrones. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

A ‘city’ scene from the Seydisfjordur in Iceland. According to Rick Steve’s guide book, the rainbow street is regularly repainted and often by high school students. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com Read More

SMNHC: Observe The Moon Night Saturday Oct. 1

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SMNHC News:

The community is invited to celebrate International Observe the Moon Night from the Sandia Mountains, 7-9 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 1, at the Sandia Mountain Natural History Center (SMNHC).

SMNHC is hosting this event associated with the international celebration, including a night sky observation.

International Observe the Moon Night brings the world together in studying and appreciating our beautiful natural satellite. For more information about the international celebration, visit moon.nasa.gov/observe-the-moon-night/.

Enjoy a stroll along the Center’s Read More

RPNM Remembers Victims, Honors Heroes Of 9/11

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View of  terrorist attack Sept. 11, 2001, on the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. Courtesy/RPNM

RPNM News:

ALBUQUERUQE — Today marks 21 years since the Sept. 11 attacks on America, four coordinated attacks by al-Qaeda that killed nearly 3,000 people on American soil. 
 
The Republican Party of New Mexico (RPNM) remembers the victims of 9/11 and honors the heroes on that horrific day, a dark page in American history that has forever changed America, the world and the way we all live today.
 
The following is a statement from Republican Party of New Mexico Chairman Steve Pearce Read More

Posts From Abroad: Reykjavik On Coast Of Iceland

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Posts from Abroad: View Friday from Reykjavik on the coast of Iceland. Los Alamos Daily Post reporter Kirsten Laskey is visiting the country. Reykjavik is the country’s capital and largest city. It’s home to the National and Saga museums, tracing Iceland’s Viking history. The striking concrete Hallgrimskirkja church and rotating Perlan glass dome offer sweeping views of the sea and nearby hills. Exemplifying the island’s volcanic activity is the geothermal Blue Lagoon spa, near the village of Grindavik. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

View Friday from Reykjavik on the coast Read More

Unitarian Church To Host Forum On Ukraine Sunday

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Unitarian Church News:

The Unitarian Church of Los Alamos will sponsor a 45-minute forum at 11:45 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 11 in the sanctuary.

The forum is open to the public following the Sunday service. The topic is ‘Ukraine: The sixth month of a three-day war’, presented by Vitaliy Gyrya.

Gyrya grew up in Kharkov, Ukraine where he still has friends and family. He has lived in the U.S. for more than two decades and lived and worked in Los Alamos for the last 10 years.

When Russia began a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, he sought up-to-date information but said that he found the news media seriously uninformed Read More

LANL Senior Historian Alan Carr To Discuss Manhattan Project At Santa Fe World Affairs Forum Sept. 22

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By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com

Los Alamos played an enormous role in the Manhattan Project. Its part in developing the nuclear bomb during World War II will be explored and discussed during the Santa Fe World Affairs Forum’s talk noon to 2 p.m. Sept. 22 at the Santa Fe Community College.

LANL Senior Historian Alan Carr

Los Alamos National Laboratory Program Manager and Senior Historian Alan Carr will lead the discussion. He will focus on the purpose of the Manhattan Project, which was to develop an atomic bomb in short amount of time. The Manhattan Read More

AGU Study: Glaciers Flowed On Ancient Mars, But Slowly

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Motion is part of the definition of a glacier. Courtesy photo

AGU News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The weight and grinding movement of glaciers has carved distinctive valleys and fjords into Earth’s surface. Because Mars lacks similar landscapes, researchers believed ancient ice masses on the Red Planet must have been frozen firmly to the ground. New research suggests they were not stuck in place, but just moved very slowly.

Motion is part of the definition of a glacier. On Earth, meltwater gathers below glaciers and ice sheets, lubricating the downhill slide of these rivers of ice. The new study Read More