Honor Our Ancestors And Remember Their Teachings (EAGAN, Minn.) November is Native American Heritage Month when all Indigenous peoples are celebrated for their contributions to building the foundation of America. As the original people on this land, we call Turtle Island, we hold respect for all living things. We honor our ancestors by remembering […]
Some American myths go all the way back to the nation’s founding. Like the one where, as a young boy, America’s first president, George Washington, felt compelled to tell the truth about taking a hatchet to his father’s cherry tree because he could not tell a lie. “There are plenty of lies that are kind […]
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Researchers have pinpointed two intervals when ice and ocean conditions would have been favorable to support early human migration from Asia to North America late in the last ice age, a new paper published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows. The findings align with a growing body of evidence […]
Right about now, songbirds in Brazil are shifting on their perches, feeling mysterious impulses that will soon make them leap off their branches and head toward Alaska. One of these birds is the olive-sided flycatcher, about as tall as your hand, with a blocky body and head. With good fortune, these birds will in a […]