This column is a place where anyone can ask about anything pertaining to things of a mechanical nature. This month: what is a ‘bar ditch’?
Columns
The Brilliance of Delphinus
The four stars that form the Delphinus diamond look closely bound but, like everything in space, looks can be deceiving.
Discovering Truths
The next step in humanity’s fact-finding mission about how the universe formed, and how it will continue to evolve, is upon us.
Project Walkway
Our columnist finds the ancient process of laying down stones to make a flat surface to walk upon to be a pleasantly contemplative one.
Glimpses Into Our Past: The Elgin Oil Well
The “road to flowing wealth” was partly laid in an Elgin field, claimed Nogales Oil & Gas Company in 1922. What happened next?
The Heat Is On
What does this summer’s unprecedented heat wave mean for our Sky Islands’ native flora and fauna?
I Have a Pot
I have a pot. It’s “this” big. What can I plant in it outside that won’t die? This is the number one question I get nearly every day at the nursery.