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Robert Goddard, considered the father of modern rocketry, standing with a rocket in 1935. Esther Goddard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images – By Michael Carrafiello, Professor of History, Miami University Published: 2026 Mar 16 – Apollo 11 first landed astronauts on the Moon in 1969, but …
Dr. Robert H. Goddard tows his rocket to the launching tower behind a Model A Ford truck, at Mescalero Ranch, about 15 miles northwest of Roswell, New Mexico. Circa 1930-1932. Commons.Wikimedia.Org By “AI” and Skip Whitson 2026 Mar 18 Between 1930 and 1941, …
Photo of Jeffrey Epstein – EPA/CRISTOBAL HERRERA-ULASHKEVICH – By Emma Shortis, Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University Published: 2026 Feb 19 – The stunning arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor by UK police on suspicion of misconduct in public …
Leaders of Native nations and representatives of the United States have signed many treaties over the centuries, including the 1851 Treaty of Traverse des Sioux. ullstein bild via Getty Images – By Charles Prior, Professor in History, University of Birmingham Published: 2026 Feb …
Ascertaining radiation levels after a leak is a critical step toward providing rapid and accurate treatment for those exposed. Depositphotos – By Michael Franco 2026 Jan 28 – Researchers at Hiroshima University (HU) in Japan have developed a way to leverage the cameras on …
Po’pay’s statue in the U.S. Capitol, representing the state of New Mexico, was dedicated in 2005. Chris Maddaloni/Roll Call/Getty Images – By Peter C. Mancall, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Published: 2026 Jan …
Pecan pie is a popular holiday treat in the United States. Julie Deshaies/iStock via Getty Images – By Shelley Mitchell, Senior Extension Specialist in Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Oklahoma State University Published: 2025 Nov 18 – Pecans, America’s only native major nut, have …
Comprehensive Cleanup Needed Instead of More Nuclear Weapons Santa Fe, NM – The New Mexico Environment Department has announced: “A toxic chromium plume from Los Alamos National Laboratory has spread beyond Lab boundaries onto Pueblo de San Ildefonso land for the first time, …
Scientists imagine virtual particles popping in and out of existence to explain how forces transfer between particles. koto_feja/iStock via Getty Images – By Dipangkar Dutta, Professor of Nuclear Physics, Mississippi State University Published: 2025 Oct 03 – A clever mathematical tool known as virtual …
Nuclear waste could fuel future fusion power plants. Depositphotos – By David Szondy 2025 Sep 02 – A critical shortage of fuel for nuclear fusion reactors may have a rather counterintuitive solution. A physicist at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) says that fusion reactor …
