Celebrate your best Thanksgiving ever! Remember the Thanksgiving story you learned in school — how, way back when, Pilgrims and Indians got together at one giant dinner table and ate turkey and stuffing and green beans covered in Campbell's mushroom soup? And then there was peace on Earth? Actually, it was the Wampanoag in 1621 who helped the first wave…

Are we alone in the universe? We may find the answer in the next decade or two relying on clues which science provides to help us find the way. This includes balancing what we understand about our planet and recognizing what we know are the critical elements for life. Next month, the launch of the Webb telescope might give us…