Stanley Williamson led a colorful life, but he’s best remembered for naming Tucson’s Miracle Mile and for developing much of it. Williamson was born to Peter and Harriet (Hopson) Williamson in ...

How the 1,760-yard distance survived the metric takeover – and some of the historic mile moments we’ve seen so far The mile is just like the 1500m – but not. Measuring 1609.34m, or 1760 yards, the ...

The street known today as West Miracle Mile began its life as the Casa Grande Road because it was the starting point from Tucson for people heading to the town of Casa Grande. The Casa Grande Valley, ...

A parasitic worm uses static electricity to launch itself onto flying insects, a mechanism uncovered by physicists and biologists at Emory and Berkeley. By generating opposite charges, the worm and ...