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Science & Tech

Sep 15 2017
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(Photo courtesy of Christopher Liu)

NASA Mars mission gets an assist from Delta-grown engineer

By | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Arts & Culture, Education, Federal Government, Science & Tech, Southwest

Thousands of miles to the south of us, engineers at NASA are hard at work on the NeMO Mission, the next orbiter mission to Mars. They got a little help this summer from an engineering intern from Bethel, and something called the Muktuk Plot.

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Aug 16 2017
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Orutsaramiut Native Council partner fisheries biologist Janessa Esquible helps campers identify juvenile salmon. (Photo by Christine Trudeau/KYUK)

Science and culture merge as one at summer camp on the Kwethluk

By | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Alaska Native Government & Policy, Arts & Culture, Education, Fisheries, Science & Tech, Southwest, Wildlife

Orutsararmiut Native Council held its first Science and Culture camp in July for high school students. Campers collected juvenile fish, like baby king and red salmon, and participated in activities in avian biology, ethnobotany and workshops on federal and state subsistence management.

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Aug 11 2017
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An extremely rare North Pacific right whale. (Public domain photo by John Durban, NOAA, Wikipedia Commons)

NOAA scientist finds rare whales in the Bering Sea

By | Aleutians, Northwest, Oceans, Science & Tech, Southeast, Wildlife

The North Pacific right whale is one of the rarest animals in the Bering Sea. Only about 30 North Pacific right whales inhabit the eastern Bering Sea, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA. This week, a NOAA researcher was able to find and collect information on not one but two of these whales.

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