Author – The Durango Herald

Mice quarantine themselves when sick – a lesson for us all

In 1665, a bundle of cloth from London arrived at the door of the tailor for the village of Eyam, a tiny community in the midlands of England. Within a week, the tailor’s assistant was dead....

DATE: Aug 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Does reading fiction make you a better person?

Reading fiction can increase your empathy, help you understand others

DATE: Jul 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education

Well, who’s the bird brain now?

Scientists say birds may be using quantum mechanics to navigate

DATE: Jun 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Science

Bees' secret superpower explained: How they sense flowers' electric fields

At first, all Gregory Sutton really wanted to know was why flowers looked so different. He was “naive,” the University of Bristol biologist told the Christian Science Monitor. He ...

DATE: Jun 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Ancient tools, bone could help rewrite history

Discoveries may change story of 1st people on our continent

DATE: May 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

A new Viking settlement?

Archaeologistsfind possible second site

DATE: Apr 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Island finches keep evolving

Iconic Galapagos birds tweak their beaks to survive

DATE: Apr 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

In Death Valley: The ‘super bloom’

‘Super bloom’ in Death ValleyRare occurrence results in barren landscape becoming ‘a valley of life’

DATE: Feb 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

How did Easter Islanders finally meet their doom?

Research raises new doubt on old theories

DATE: Feb 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Separated by World War II, 70 years and 10,000 miles, long-lost lovers will reunite for Valentine’s Day

“All through my life,” Norwood Thomas said, “I had this little thought of, ‘What if?’” What if he had been more serious about the beautiful girl he met in London while on leave th...

DATE: Jan 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Family

Salem hanging site next to Walgreen’s

The morning of June 10, 1692, started with a hanging. Bridget Bishop, a local woman convicted of witchcraft – though it’s more likely her only crimes were promiscuity (by Puritans...

DATE: Jan 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

‘Doomsday’ seed vault preserves food of the past – and ensures its future

Tucked in a mountain on a remote Arctic island, beneath several hundred feet of rock and a near-constant blanket of snow, two imposing steel doors lock out the wind and bitter cold. Behind t...

DATE: Sep 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth