In Texas, the law requires schools to integrate technology into lesson in every curricular area in grades K-8. Period. The law is the law. And after 8th grade, it is assumed that all grades in …
Read More »City of El Paso, 7 Partners Launch ‘Accelerate EP’
Officials with the City of El Paso announced Tuesday that they have formalized seven (7) partnership agreements with local agencies that support small and minority-owned business development in the El Paso area. Via a news …
Read More »UTEP CLS Program Prepares Medical Detectives
Efren Narvaez watched as the grieving family of a woman who disappeared years ago cautiously approached the stainless steel table that held her remains in Ciudad Juárez’ municipal morgue. A few weeks before, Narvaez, a …
Read More »Blue Origin to Launch Telesat’s Advanced Global LEO Satellite Constellation
On Wednesday, Telesat and regional space launch company Blue Origin announced a signed, multi-launch agreement that paves the way for the powerful New Glenn rocket to play a key role in Telesat’s deployment of its …
Read More »Op-Ed: We Need To Treat All of Education As If Computers Exist
Have you ever heard of the app “PhotoMath?” PhotoMath allows anyone with a smartphone or tablet to write out a math problem, point their device at it, take a picture, and the app will solve the …
Read More »SISD Students to Showcase STEM Skills at ROBOCOM 5.0 Saturday
The Socorro Independent School District will have its annual robotics competition, ROBOCOM 5.0, on January 12 at Pebble Hills High School. Based on the rules of the First Lego League (FLL), it allows elementary and …
Read More »Amy’s Everyday Astronomy: The Best in Space for 2018
As 2018 comes to a close, I wanted to take a look back at some of the best space stories of the year and tell you about some really cool upcoming events for 2019. Earlier …
Read More »NM Museum of Space History ‘Behind the Scenes Tour’ Features The Delta Clipper
While SpaceX and Blue Origin are stunning the world with their vertical launch, vertical landing vehicles, in the early ‘90s, that exact type of spacecraft was tested at White Sands Missile Range. On Saturday, December …
Read More »Amy’s Everyday Astronomy: Christmas Telescope Buying Guide
Picture it: El Paso, 1984. A young girl opens a gift from her uncle, a scientist by trade, to find a brand new, small reflector telescope. This one, important gift would fuel her imagination and …
Read More »Amy’s Everyday Astronomy: NASA Confirms Voyager 2 Entered Interstellar Space
Back in 1977, Voyager 2 was launched 16 days before Voyager 1. Both spacecraft were designed to last five years in order to conduct up-close and personal studies of Jupiter and Saturn. As the success …
Read More »Amy’s Everyday Astronomy: Borderland Sky Watching Events for December
Get ready, fellow sky watchers! December skies will be filled with some awesome sights! Late autumn and winter skies are the best for stargazing because the cooler air lends to clearer views of astronomical objects. …
Read More »NM Museum of Space History – Houston, There is a Santa Claus: The Christmas Mission of Apollo 8
It was Christmas Eve 1968 when the astronauts aboard Apollo 8 showed the world images of the Earth and Moon never seen before. On Friday December 7, learn the importance of that Christmas mission when …
Read More »Amy’s Everyday Astronomy: NASA Announces New Moon to Mars Commercial Partnerships
NASA Chief, Jim Bridenstine, announced today that nine US companies are eligible to bid on delivery services to the surface of the moon through Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) contracts. The companies will be able …
Read More »Amy’s Everyday Astronomy: Astronomers Confirm Presence of Water in Exoplanet Atmosphere
For decades, scientists have been on the hunt for planets outside our solar system. Finding them is key to continuing the search for life outside our planet, as well as learning about how other star …
Read More »UTEP Mechanical Engineering Professor to Study Materials for Hypersonic Cruise Vehicles
A mechanical engineering professor from The University of Texas at El Paso will help enhance the sustainability of structures moving at hypersonic speeds through a $130,000 grant from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). Calvin …
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