NASA recently got its closest look at Europa, the Jovian moon that scientists believe hides an ocean of liquid water under its icy crust and has a thin atmosphere of mostly oxygen. The smart guys in lab coats speculate that…
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When it comes to following a favorite professional football team, I’m a stranger in a strange land. I live in Arkansas – a hotbed of support for the Dallas Cowboys, but because of a single play that happened nearly half…
The Last Word: All About the Journey Recently, I took the opportunity to drive a box truck from Little Rock to New Orleans. I choose to use “took the opportunity” here, instead of the more accurate “had to,” because,…
The Last Word: Old Man River “Ol’ man river That ol’ man river he must know something But he don’t say nothing Cause he just keeps rolling He keeps rolling along.” Lately, I’ve lost a lot of friends. My…
The Last Word: X+y =…28? Whenever the classmates in our 10th grade math class would complain to the teacher about learning math formulas, Mr. Wiles always had the same response. It was 1976, and he’d reply that someday, we’d…