This Week in History

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY

26 May 2012

» May 24, 1987: At a reception at the Sheraton Inn, more than 100 friends, colleagues and co-workers honored John S. Long, who served 13 years as principal of Valley Vocational Technical Center.

Nnew genetic method developed to pinpoint individuals' geographic origin

25 May 2012

Scientists have developed an innovative approach for the modeling of genetic variation in two- or three-dimensional space called spatial ancestry analysis (SPA). With SPA, researchers model the spatial distribution of each genetic variant by assigning a genetic variant's frequency as a continuous function in geographic space.

Dragon makes history with space station docking

25 May 2012

The private company SpaceX made history Friday with the docking of its Dragon capsule to the International Space Station, the most impressive feat yet in turning routine spaceflight over to the commercial sector.