Tag: Science

Dear editor, Earlier this summer, Allen Community College offered its sixth year of a science-themed summer camp for children ranging from kindergarten through seventh grade, hosting over 65 children throughout the week exploring the environmental…

With a quick swoop of a net, Cooper Peters of Humboldt trapped a dragonfly. ?Caught him,? Peters announced. ?Good job,? Lilly Fernandez replied. ?Do not get him angry.? ?Well, when they get caught, they?re pretty…

A teenager wakes up, gets ready for school. Slips a smartphone into her pocket on the way out the door. Her day may well include some biology or chemistry, history, algebra, English and Spanish. It…

MORAN ? Stephen Smith, science instructor at Marmaton Valley High School, has been named a recipient of the 2019 Wolfe Family Teaching Award from the University of Kansas. Smith, who has taught at Marmaton Valley…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists this morning revealed the first image ever made of a black hole, depicting a fiery orange and black ring of gravity-twisted light swirling around the edges of the abyss. Assembling data…

This year?s winter has been worse than recent ones.  Are you worrying about heating bills? When the outside temperature falls below freezing, keeping your house warm and cozy costs money.  As you know, hot summer days…

Looking for a true adventure? If you?re not worried about whether you?d return or not, I can suggest a very unique place: a black hole.   Black holes are some of the most fascinating objects found…

Well, it?s officially the New Year, and for millions of Americans, that means that the annual tradition of trying diets, counting carbs, and trudging to the gym is fully underway. But after years of setting,…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Uranus is a lopsided oddity, the only planet to spin on its side. Scientists now think they know how it got that way: It was pushed over by a rock at least…

It’s Christmas season, and it sure sounds like it! It seems like the moment Thanksgiving ends, you hear Christmas music everywhere. Whether you celebrate Christmas or not, everyone is familiar with the classic Christian hymns, even…