AltWeeklies Wire
Cosmic Censusnew
Astronomers find the earliest galaxies seen by man.
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Nintzel |
12-20-2012 |
Science
Tags: Astronomy
Genetic Detectives: Find Out Where You Fit on the Family Treenew
I'm one of more than 300,000 people who have sent cheek cells to the Genographic Project, an effort of the National Geographic Society and IBM that hopes to assemble a database of DNA samples to better understand the migrations of humans tens of thousands of years ago.
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Nintzel |
12-10-2009 |
Science
Farewell to the Phoenix Mars Landernew
When the end finally came, Phoenix was killed off by an unforgiving dust storm that blew across the arctic plains of Mars.
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Nintzel |
11-28-2008 |
Science
University of Arizona Scientists' Probe Set to Land on Marsnew
Finding life is pretty much the holy grail (and marketing angle) of space science, but even if scientists don't detect life signs, this mission will provide clues to the conditions that future manned missions to Mars may face.
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Nintzel |
05-22-2008 |
Science
Sweet Tomatoesnew
The University of Arizona's Controlled Environment Agriculture Center is growing vegetables everywhere from Tucson to the South Pole -- and next, they want to go to the moon.
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Nintzel |
09-05-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Broken Recordsnew
Ethel Lowther thought her medical records would be easy to find -- until she had to go looking for them.
Tucson Weekly |
Jim Nintzel |
07-28-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
