Joseph Lyvers, pictured above with his wife Marsha,  has excelled in a lengthy career as an aerospace engineer, but though he himself doesn’t use the term, some of his work for Hughes and Caltech could be described by a phrase that requires so much brain power it has become synonymous

More than 30 million Americans have cast early ballots ahead of Tuesday’s midterm elections, eclipsing the 2014 early totals nationally and suggesting a high overall turnout for contests that could define the final two years of President Donald Trump’s term. At least 28 states have surpassed their 2014 early votes. And