Pollution and trash carried from the Tijuana River to the Pacific Ocean have long plagued swimmers and surfers on both sides of the US-Mexico border. A recent court settlement is bringing hope for cooperation.
“We never have really figured out how to make the idea of the horse as a symbol of freedom, and the practical biology of protecting and yet limiting this horse, work,” says author David Philipps.
A solar eclipse rallied Americans around science. Could it again?
Science journalist David Baron tells the story of the 1878 total eclipse of the sun that drew astronomers, scientists and even a young Thomas Edison to witness the rare event in the skies over Montana.
One of America’s first Syrian immigrants helped conquer the West — with camels
Back in the 1850s, the US military created a Camel Corps for exploring desert territory and expanding the American frontier. That’s how Philip Tedro, aka Hadji Ali, aka Hi Jolly, came to the US.
The leader of the California independence movement lives in Russia
Gasem al-Hamad and his family live in California, safe from the war in Syria. But now Hamad’s brother is stuck in Jordan because of President Donald Trump’s suspension of the US Syrian refugee program. It’s unknown when the family may be reunited.