by Ritu Prasad | Aug 2, 2017 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — Twenty-one-year-old Mikaela Biester has been climbing trees since she was six years old. Unlike most people who abandon the tree-tops for careers on the ground, Biester aspires to be a professional tree climber. With a father who owns a tree care company,...
by Ritu Prasad | Jul 20, 2017 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration is sending mixed signals about its intentions for space. President Donald Trump’s budget would slash NASA funding dramatically. But last month he revived the long-dormant National Space Council. Trump wants to cut NASA by...
by Ritu Prasad | Jul 19, 2017 | Demographics
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Imani Antone, a member of the Coeur d’Alene Tribe, has been dancing for as long as she can remember. “No matter how stressed I may feel, dancing is the only time that I feel comforted or at peace,” she said. Dressed in a traditional “jingle dress,”...
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by Ritu Prasad | Jul 13, 2017 | Featured, Science + Technology
WASHINGTON-The best thing the government can do for the space market is simple: continue funding foundational science while leaving room for commercial industry to grow, according to aerospace industry experts. At the 6th annual Future Space 2017 event on Capitol Hill...
by Ritu Prasad | Jul 7, 2017 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – The mystery behind the origins of a recently discovered second handwritten parchment copy of the Declaration of Independence sounds like it came from the movie “National Treasure” – with Thomas Paine, the Third Duke of Richmond and declaration signer...
