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Preserving the Navajo Language, One Interpreter at a Time

By Guest PostJune 2, 2011Cultureagnese nelms haury, arizona, arizona supreme court, armando valles, casey watchman, christian missionaries, english to navajo, karen frances begay, navajo interpreter training institute, navajo nation, new mexico, perphelia fowler, philanthropist, rick nez, roseann gonzalez, university of arizona, university of new mexico, vocabulary

*A group of 33 students were competively selected to earn free certification from the UA’s Navajo Interpreter Training Institute to gain eligibility to serve as interpreters in New Mexico and Arizona state courts.*

Many of the 33 students enrolled in the University of Arizona’s Navajo Interpreter Training Institute have similar backgrounds – they began their unofficial role as English-to-Navajo language interpreters as children translating for their parents and grandparents.

Now, as adults who live and work across Arizona and New Mexico, they still find themselves providing the same service. (more…)

Measuring the Distant Universe in 3-D

By Guest PostMay 7, 2011Science3 d map, absorption, anže slosar, apache point observatory, bao, baryon acoustic oscillation, baryon oscillation, baryon oscillation spectroscopic survey, berkeley lab, bill carithers, BOSS, centers of galaxies, dark energy, david schlegel, james rich, lyman alpha forest, map intergalactic hydrogen gas, new mexico, of light years, precision tool, quasars, red galaxies, redshift, sdss, sloan digital sky survey, sloan telescope, spectrum, supermassive black holes, universe, wiggly structure

*Berkeley Lab-led BOSS proves it can do the job with quasars*

The biggest 3-D map of the distant universe ever made, using light from 14,000 quasars — supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies many billions of light years away — has been constructed by scientists with the third Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-III).

The map is the first major result from the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS), SDSS-III’s largest survey, whose principal investigator is David Schlegel of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). The huge new map was presented at the April meeting of the American Physical Society in Anaheim, CA, by Anže Slosar of Brookhaven National Laboratory. (more…)

Newly Discovered Dinosaur Likely Father of Triceratops

By Guest PostFebruary 1, 2011Scienceamerican southwest, frill, greek myth, kings of the horned dinosaurs, late cretaceous period, new mexico, nicholas longrich, oklahoma museum of natural history, pentaceratops, skeleton of a dinosaur, titanoceratops, titans, torosaurus, triceratops, triceratopsin

Triceratops and Torosaurus have long been considered the kings of the horned dinosaurs. But a new discovery traces the giants’ family tree further back in time, when a newly discovered species appears to have reigned long before its more well-known descendants, making it the earliest known member of its family.

The new species, called Titanoceratops after the Greek myth of the Titans, rivaled Triceratops in size, with an estimated weight of nearly 15,000 pounds and a massive eight-foot-long skull. (more…)

Climate Change May Create Tipping Points for Populations, Not Just Species

By Guest PostOctober 23, 2010Environmentalpine, Arctic, biological effects of climate change, climate change, climate warms, daniel doak, duke university, earth, ecological challenges, ecologist, mountains of colorado, national science foundation, new mexico, nsf, plants, plants and animals, saran twombly, william morris

*Researchers measure survival, reproduction of thousands of arctic and alpine plants over six years*

As Earth’s climate warms, species are expected to shift their geographical ranges away from the equator or to higher elevations.

While scientists have documented such shifts for many plants and animals, the ranges of others seem stable. (more…)

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Preserving the Navajo Language, One Interpreter at a Time

Measuring the Distant Universe in 3-D

Newly Discovered Dinosaur Likely Father of Triceratops

Climate Change May Create Tipping Points for Populations, Not Just Species