NASA’s first Cuban-American astronaut will enter space in 2018
The first Cuban-American with NASA to be sent to space was selected from a pool of about 3500 candidates. Photo courtesy Wikipedia Commons.

NASA’s first Cuban-American astronaut will enter space in 2018

Serena M. Auñón-Chancellor, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) first Cuban American astronaut, will be sent to the International Space Station in November of next year. Born in Indianapolis to a Cuban father and American mother, Auñón-Chancellor originally began working with NASA as a…

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Mote’s ‘The Teeth Beneath’ opens wide open
Crocodilian exhibit opens wide at Mote.

Mote’s ‘The Teeth Beneath’ opens wide open

Mote Marine Laboratory’s newest exhibit “The Teeth Beneath,” features alligators, a baby crocodile and caimans. Although these reptiles are often feared, Mote works to educate the public on them. Visitors are encouraged to be careful, but stay curious. “The Teeth Beneath” is now open from…

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The world, in brief

Colombia: President Juan Manuel Santos declared an “economic, social and ecological” state of emergency following the landslide which killed at least 262 people in the city of Mocoa on April 1. The landslide was the result of a downpour of heavy rain which flooded the…

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Three-alarm fire burns for thirty minutes on Ringling campus construction
Massive clouds of smoke billowing from the three-alarm fire on the roof of a newly constructed Ringling College of Art and Design building. Photo by Pariesa Young.

Three-alarm fire burns for thirty minutes on Ringling campus construction

A fire began on the roof of a building being constructed on the Ringling College of Art and Design on Tuesday, March 7. No one was injured in the fire and no damage was inflicted upon the surrounding buildings. At the time of the fire,…

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