Rob Weber (Kentucky Academy of Science) describes the various bills that are up for a vote in the KY Legislature, including two regarding medical marijuana. Scott Miller tells us about the exciting new James Webb Telescope. Amanda Fuller (KAS) interviews two students (Tiffany Falch and Alejandro Villasenor Lara) about their research at Northern Kentucky University on solar-panel emulation. Finally, Leslie Moise discusses the upsides of online schooling and concludes with a poem written about remote learning.

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