SANTA FE, New Mexico, Jan. 21 [Category: Political] -- Santa Fe Institute posted the following news release: * * * Disentangling the Boltzmann brain hypothesis: Memory, entropy, and time * In a recent paper, SFI Professor David Wolpert, SFI Fractal Faculty member Carlo Rovelli, and physicist Jordan Scharnhorst examine a longstanding, paradoxical thought experiment in statistical physics and cosmology known as the "Boltzmann brain" hypothesis -the possibility that our memories, perceptions,   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 [Category: Political] -- EMILYs List issued the following news release: * * * EMILYs List Announces $15 Million State Power Plan, Targeting Nine Key States for Building Democratic Power in 2026 * EMILYs List is announcing its 2026 State Power Plan, a bold and dynamic plan to secure governing majorities across nine key states by recruiting, investing in, and supporting women candidates up and down the ballot.  The $15 million plan targets nine states where building Democ  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * New Mexico's Boundary-Defying Wolf 'Taylor' Found Dead on I-40 * ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -The Mexican gray wolf known as Taylor, famous for repeatedly crossing Interstate 40, was found dead over the weekend on the interstate near Grants, New Mexico. Taylor established a home range last year near Mount Taylor despite a federal rule banning wolves north of Interstate 40. He returne  more

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Jan. 21 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU Global Campus, City of Las Cruces form workforce partnership * WRITER/SOURCE: Karen Cooper, 575-646-4040, cooperka@nmsu.edu New Mexico State University Global Campus has partnered with the City of Las Cruces to expand education and career advancement opportunities for city employees while supporting long-term workforce readiness across municipal operations. The collaboration is d  more

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Jan. 21 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU hands out honors for research, creative scholarly activity at spring convocation * A day before New Mexico State University welcomed students back to campus, staff and faculty came together for NMSU's spring 2026 convocation. Nearly 200 Aggies gathered in Atkinson Recital Hall to kick off the new semester and celebrate a group of staff and faculty who received some of the university  more

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Jan. 21 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * NMSU renews designation as Carnegie Community Engaged University * New Mexico State University has once again earned the Carnegie Community Engagement Designation, an elective designation awarded by the American Council on Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching that highlights an institution's commitment to community engagement. NMSU was first awarded the d  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Jan. 22 -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release on Jan. 21, 2026: * * * Federal Agency Re-Approves Highway Through Red Cliffs National Conservation Area, Abandons Own Scientific Findings Coalition of Local Residents and State and National Organizations Vow to Continue Decades-Long Fight * ST. GEORGE, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) re-approved a proposal from the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT), at the behest of Washington County, f  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, Jan. 21 -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release: * * * Interior Appeals Board Halts Massive Wyoming Drilling Project for Violating Clean Air Act Interior Board overturns 2018 approval for 3,500-well fracking project in Upper Green River Basin * The Interior Board of Land Appeals (IBLA) has vacated the Bureau of Land Management's approval of the Normally Pressured Lance (NPL) oil and gas development project in western Wyoming, finding that the agency vi  more