Science

The future is here, folks. And the future is ROBOTS!

For the third year in a row, the University of Montana has been ranked among the top 350 universities worldwide in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.

It’s hard to keep kids still thinking about learning in the summer months. As a parent you have to think of sneaky ways to get them to even consider turning on their brains for science or math when all they want to is run through the sprinklers all day to beat the heat.

We live in an extraordinary time. We can send a space ship to Mars and communicate with it as easily as making a phone call or sending a text. We can regrow body parts in a petri dish. The sky is the limit on what we can accomplish. Science is pretty great. But as great as science is, it still can't explain EVERYTHING.

The moon orbits Earth at about 238,855 miles. The International Space Station orbits Earth at about 260 miles. That's quite a difference. So, what would it look like if they switched, and the moon orbited the Earth at 260 miles?

Science has done it again. Yes, good old science has proven that men with facial hair benefit from instant handsomeness. If this is true, then the guys from Duck Dynasty must be the sexiest men alive.

There will be a grand opening ceremony to celebrate the Health Science Academy at Missoula's Big Sky High School on Tuesday morning.