SANTA FE, New Mexico, July 15 [Category: Political] -- Santa Fe Institute posted the following news release: * * * Exploring a science of history * Historians might be considered the butterfly collectors of the past. Both groups are famous for launching into detailed descriptions of the particular -- the complex factors contributing to the Roman empire's collapse, the camouflaging striations on a butterfly wing. But butterfly collectors, and other naturalists, usually fit their findings i  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- The Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of the Interior advocating for modifications in existing regulations to alleviate regulatory burdens while preserving cultural heritage. The agency expressed concern that historic, archaeological, and cultural sites need adequate protection and that these irreplaceable resources should guide project reviews. Allyson Brooks, State Historic Prese  more