Month: February 2001
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February 27, 2001Cajun Mardi Gras: The Song
In Basile, LA, when a band of masked Mardi Gras revelers comes to your door, here’s the song they’ll likely be singing.
February 26, 2001Cajun Mardi Gras: A Story
A long-time Mardi Gras runner tells one of his favorite stories.
February 23, 2001Cajun Mardi Gras: In Disguise
As Cajuns in Louisiana celebrate Mardi Gras this week, revelers disguise themselves and beg for food and money from their neighbors, to support a communal gumbo.
February 22, 2001Cajun Mardi Gras: Tickling
There are many ways to celebrate Mardi Gras. In the rural Cajun communities of south Louisiana, it’s organized mayhem.
February 21, 2001Cajun Mardi Gras: Biggest Day
When dozens of people in bright costumes, masks and pointy hats are riding around in flatbed trucks raising a ruckus, you can bet you’re in Cajun Louisiana for Mardi Gras.
February 20, 2001Cajun Mardi Gras: Feast
Mardi Gras is a holiday with its roots in ancient European traditions. There are good reasons why it happens at this time of year.
February 19, 2001Cajun Mardi Gras: Elton Run
Most of us know about Mardi Gras from the famous festivities in New Orleans. But in rural Louisiana , Cajuns celebrate the holiday in a style all their own.
February 16, 2001Particle Physics: Antimatter
In the particle accelerator at Cornell University, they’re simulating the creation of the universe on a very small scale.
February 15, 2001Particle Physics: Smallest
With the help of a particle accelerator, scientists are hoping to learn about the creation of the universe.
February 14, 2001Particle Physics
What is the smallest unit of matter making up our world? Thanks to particle physics, the answer to that question keeps getting smaller and smaller.
February 13, 2001Renaissance Chemist: Appreciating the Differences
Both scientists and artists seek better understanding of the world. The difference lies in the questions they ask and the answers they find.
February 12, 2001Renaissance Chemist: Ideas of Beauty
Who says there are no more Renaissance Men? Meet a Nobel prize-winning chemist who is also an accomplished poet.
February 9, 2001Renaissance Chemist
Chemistry doesn’t necessarily mean working with bubbling concoctions and bunsen burners. Some chemists work in the realm of ideas.
February 8, 2001Tully Ice Harvest: History
These days, if you want ice, you just go to the freezer and get it. But some folks remember when ice was delivered door to door in huge blocks.
February 7, 2001Tully Ice Harvest : Cutting
At an annual festival in upstate New York, they cut blocks of ice out of a frozen lake and pack them in sawdust. In the summer, they’ll use the ice to make homemade ice cream.
February 6, 2001Tully Ice Harvest: Prepare
Every year at this time, folks in Tully, New York, harvest ice out of a frozen lake the old-fashioned way, with horsepower and antique tools.
February 5, 2001The Moon: Ring
If you look into the heavens tonight, you just might see a ring around the moon.
February 2, 2001Pleiades
For people in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s a wonderful time to gaze at the Pleiades, the most visible cluster of stars in the sky.
February 1, 2001Kartchner Caverns: Clean
Recently opened, Kartchner Caverns is a place where park officials try their hardest to keep the cave clean, which means that the only thing humans leave behind are footprints.