In a new study, this team explored the region around a very low-mass star known as ISO-ChaI 147, a 1 to 2 million-year-old star that weighs just 0.11 times as much as the Sun. The spectrum revealed by Webb’s MIRI shows the richest hydrocarbon chemistry seen to date in a protoplanetary disk – a total of 13 different carbon-bearing molecules. The team’s findings...
On May 9th, the RNA Young Patrons held their first cocktail party of the season to help promote and generate excitement for this year’s Spring Ball! Merrymakers gathered at the Nicholas Roerich Museum on the Upper West Side, the eponymous townhouse museum of the artist who designed the set and costumes for the most controversial and arguably most influential ballet...
GOP consultant Frank Luntz is warning Republicans that climate change is a political vulnerability with Republican voters under 40. A memo being distributed to all Republican congressional offices Wednesday details results of a recent survey Luntz’s firm conducted about a carbon tax plan proposed by the Climate Leadership Council, a Republican-backed group. Almost...
Nearly three-quarters of Republican voters think the party is shooting itself in the foot with younger voters when it comes to its stance on climate change, a memo circulating Capitol Hill says. More than half of Republican voters under 40 are more concerned with climate change now than they were a year ago, according to recent polling from Luntz Global Partners LLC...
Running Strong is working to address what is known as “period poverty,” a widespread issue that affects roughly 500 million worldwide. In the U.S. alone, nearly 17 million women live in poverty – and last year, about 5.6 million could not afford menstrual products, including many Native American women. Running Strong, dedicated to empowering Native American...
The year was 1934. It was 4 a.m. at the Cherry Blossom Club, and jazz poured from the sax players faster than liquor at the end of Prohibition. The Cherry Blossom Club was one of several ritzy nightclubs catering to Kansas City’s Black patrons. It was not unusual for the premier jazzmen of the 1930s to carouse there until pale-lipped dawn, caught up in all...
Editor’s note: The state continues to weaponize rap lyrics to throw the book at young Black men, in particular. In 2017, a Louisiana judge told the artist YoungBoy Never Broke Again, then 17 years old, that his lyrics were making people die. “Your genre has normalized violence,” the judge continued. Today, we’re witnessing a similar attack, as...
Young Dolph was more than a rapper, he was an icon. He inspired tens of thousands of people, no matter the distance from our shared hometown of South Memphis. It was very inspirational seeing someone like Dolph, who I can relate to, make it that far. It was equally devastating when Dolph was murdered last November while out at a local bakery picking up cookies for...
“Plugged In” hosts Neil Chatterjee and energy reporter Breanne Deppisch welcome Climate Leadership Council CEO Greg Bertelsen to talk about how recent polling shows more conservatives are getting energized over climate change initiatives. CLC research also shows that younger conservatives are more likely to embrace a push for cleaner energy, according to Bertelsen...
A majority of young Republican voters say they want their GOP members of Congress to work on climate initiatives, according to a recent study by the Climate Leadership Council. The results revealed that more than 50% of likely Republican voters support a climate agenda, but they want to see GOP lawmakers taking the lead. When broken down by age, more than 70% of...