Swallows of the western skies

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Ushuaia and Fairbanks are cities near the tips of the world.

The capital of Argentina’s Tierra del Fuego province and the Alaskan metropolis don’t share much in common. Except for a cluster of simple wood boxes on poles, and the scientists and swallows who flock to them.

Arab American Frontiers of Science, Engineering and Medicine Symposium

Submitted by Mónica Ivelisse Feliú-Mójer on 26 June 2014 - 1:00pm

The U.S. National Academies and The Research Council (TRC) of Oman are pleased to announce the second Arab American Frontiers of Science, Engineering and Medicine Symposium to be held in Muscat, Oman on December 13 to 15, 2014. This symposium will be held in partnership with The Research Council (TRC) of Oman, and supported by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).