Author: Diane Rezendes Khirallah

Get set for another sky show: Rare, once-in-a-lifetime Transit of Venus eclipse takes place June 5

The Transit of Venus is the apparent movement – hence, "transit" – of the planet Venus across the face of the sun. It’s the rarest of

by Diane Rezendes Khirallah
on June 3, 2012

Meet your tour guide – Keith Bechtol, scientist and elite marathon runner

Ph.D. candidate Keith Bechtol, who’s been researching gamma-ray astronomy at SLAC and doing educational outreach as a public tour guide at the Menlo Park facility,

by Diane Rezendes Khirallah
on February 25, 2012

Matt DeAngelis: From sea captain to nurse practitioner

Matt DeAngelis didn’t start out to become a nurse practitioner. In fact, medicine isn’t even his second career. It’s his third — after zoology researcher and

by Diane Rezendes Khirallah
on January 25, 2012