Laboratory scientist probes desert varnish for better understanding of past environments

Archaeologists have long been fascinated with desert varnish, as indigenous people around the world have often carved patterns and figures - designs called petroglyphs - into this thin brownish to black coating that forms on rock surfaces in deserts and other semi-arid locales. Full story...

Los Alamos NewsLetter to be distributed this week

The new issue of the Los Alamos NewsLetter, dated the week of March 29, is scheduled to be in mailboxes and newsstands this week. Full story...

Funk speaks about space career as a woman in man's world

"I want to be a pioneer. I want to go up into space in the worst way," said Wally Funk, aviator and chief pilot who will be the first civilian woman in the United States to travel into space with Interorbital Systems this year. Full story...

New Pajarito Road access controls open Saturday

A new access control post at the east end of Pajarito Road with multiple guard stations and lanes opens Saturday. Full story...

Future of space exploration topic of Thursday's Director's Colloquium

A vision for the future of space exploration will be discussed in a Director's Colloquium at 1:10 p.m., Thursday, in the Administration Building Auditorium at Technical Area 3. Full story...