MAXWELL AFB, Alabama, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol issued the following news: Lunar colonization was the focus recently when cadets from the Arizona Wing's Davis Monthan Composite Squadron 334 recently teamed up with Trent Tresch, the University of Arizona's Biosphere 2 director of research and development, to assist with his moon-oriented experiments. Using high-tech equipment, the cadets participated in ongoing experiments to determine more accessible cost-effici  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) and U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) to introduce a resolution condemning an escalating censorship crisis that has removed and targeted thousands of books from the shelves of schools, libraries and universities across the country. The bicameral resolution, coinciding with Banned   more

TUCSON, Arizona, Sept. 27 (TNSres) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: The last ice age peaked around 20,000 years ago and was marked by extensive glaciation and dramatic climate shifts that reshaped Earth's oceans, landscapes and ecosystems. A new study led by the University of Arizona suggests that Earth's last ice age may provide crucial insights into future El Nino weather events. El Nino is one of the most influential climate patterns affecting global weather.   more