Got plans this weekend? Come along on a free tour of Little Rock gardens to learn about beekeeping and the importance of healthy pollinators.

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Is there a more sublimely nerdy way to kick off a weekend than the free Friday shows at UCA's campus planetarium (3pm and 7pm)? For a full schedule, check out uca.edu/physics/plan...
And for more Arkansas space ephemera, read the August Ark Times! arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...

On the south side of Petit Jean Mt sits H45, one of four Arkansas Sky Observatories. They're part of a national network of telescopes watching for "near-Earth objects" — ie, asteroids etc that could get the Earth into a sticky situation a la Deep Impact.

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The first woman to get a master’s degree in physics from the U of A was Hope native Dorothy Hoover — a real-life “Hidden Figure” hired as a mathematician at Langley in 1943 by the agency that later became NASA. Check out more Arkansan space facts here!

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Greene County jailers charged with felony animal cruelty in retired K-9’s death arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...

A hefty dip in Little Rock's 2024 murder count mirrors a nationwide trend.