Reformed Church of New Paltz hosts 10th annual Earth Day Fair
The thing about environmental issues is that they can lack a sense of immediacy. “It just doesn’t register sometimes,” says
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Kids’ Almanac (Apr. 25-May 2)
Earth laughs in flowers. – Ralph Waldo Emerson This weekend we’ve got festivals galore, in every direction! Here’s my
Runaway star
Can you get out of here? That’s the question pondered for centuries: How to leave Earth permanently. A cannonball fired
Kids’ Almanac (April 18-25)
You see, all living things depend on one another. – Lynne Cherry, The Great Kapok Tree Breaking the Silence
Kids’ Almanac (April 11-18)
Animal-lovers, you are in luck this weekend! Check out these two interesting, educational and fun animal events. Time it right,
Hard times for writers
Today’s column had its origins this afternoon when a Woodstock storeowner sighed. The problem? He’d laboriously written a book on
Kids’ Almanac (April 4-11)
That is the thing about nature: There is so much of it. – Dowager countess of Grantham, Downton Abbey
Newest discoveries: What’s hot & what’s not
The mass media latch onto a limited topic-range of astronomical discoveries and amplify these to the world. The public, generally
The IBEX Ribbon:The first “warning light” of danger?
The idea of a continuous stream of particles flowing outward from the Sun was first suggested by British astronomer Richard
Our galaxy’s antimatter fountain
In 1928, the shy, brilliant physicist Paul Dirac predicted the existence of antimatter. When it was actually discovered seven years