The Morning Star

MIT engineers have discovered a new way of generating electricity using tiny carbon particles that can create a current simply by interacting with liquid surrounding them.

Plastic is everywhere, and hardly anyone can get through a day without using it.

Mass-produced and mass-consumed, plastics generate mountains of trash in landfills, littering public areas and fouling the ocean — partly because much of it isn’t practical to recycle.

Los Alamos National Laboratory is part of a consortium developing a technology to rapidly break down discarded plastic at the molecular level into components that can be used to create other materials, such as nylon.

The year-old research and development effort has been dubbed BOTTLE. The program was launched in November.

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“Native Americans make up less than 2% of the U.S. population and often are listed in datasets as “other” or denoted with an asterisk. Even when surveyed, the results can be considered statistically insignificant because the sample size isn’t large enough or the margin of error is too great to accurately reflect the population.”

Aaron Jones will modestly tell you he's just the host when the Museum of Native American History presents "A Rare Cultural Conversation: Honoring Ancestors: Red Cloud to Red Otter" at 2 p.m. Saturday.

Aside from known inspirations, like John Herrington and Mary Goulda Ross, there are others making a difference in the space industry.

“The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that about half of the land in Oklahoma is within a Native American reservation, a decision that will have major consequences for both past and future criminal and civil cases.”

The agency is ending the 2020 census early. Tribal communities will be skipped over, leaving them poorer and politically weakened.

John Herrington, the first indigenous astronaut, encourages others to get out and experience the beauty of Earth.

“On today's show, the first day of KUAF's fall on-air fundraiser, we hear about a new data brief that shows the number of Arkansans receiving opioid prescriptions is decreasing while the number of individuals receiving prescriptions for the opioid overdose reversal medication naloxone is increasing. Plus, we speak with John Herrington, the first enrolled member of a Native American tribe to fly in space. And, we head to the Pryor Center archives for a look back at John L. Ferguson's career as the state historian.”

The United States Mint celebrates the roles of Native Americans in space exploration. Mary Goulda Ross was the first known Native American woman to become an engineer. Her silhouette is portrayed writing calculations for the Agena rocket.