Snow-eater heat waves are defined, identified, and shown to nearly double usual western United States spring snowmelt rates.

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Really, people! It's not! That! Hard! Have some respect for yourselves.

Where can you get a nonalcoholic cocktail in Salt Lake City? Look to this Sugar House speakeasy.

Again and again, similar patterns show up in nature in different creatures at different times in their evolutionary histories. And when they show up, we often perceive them as beautiful. Why?

TEDxSaltLakeCity aims to be the heart of independent, creative, and local thought in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Matthew D. LaPlante considers the perils of complicity in Boris Fishman’s novel “The Unwanted.”

Dan McClellan loves the Bible. He doesn’t always love what it says. But he works hard not to try to mold it into something that he wants it to be — to meet it, he says, on its own terms. Doing anythin...

Just about 60% of Americans say they identify as Christian. And just about 20% of Americans say they have read the entire Bible.

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In his new book, climate analyst Mike Berners-Lee says there's one shift that would go far toward solving every climate bind we’re in: holding corporate and political leaders accountable to truth.

For decades, we’ve known that climate cycles like El Niño affect regional crop yields. But even though our food system is increasingly global, we haven’t done a great job of thinking at a planetary sc...

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This week, Utah Public Radio's UnDisciplined will broadcast its 300th episode of making science accessible without dumbing it down.

Zach watched his dad become more and more susceptible to conspiracy theories. But when his dad bet him that 10 predictions would come true by the end of 2024, Zach thought he found a way to bring his ...

Drought and water shortages are major concerns for many Arizona cities. And there have been many potential solutions approached to try and handle these concerns. Advanced Water Purification (AWP), als...

Historic milestone marks progress towards SEIA’s goal to achieve 50 GW of domestic manufacturing across the solar supply chain by 2030

The Kansas City QB has come under fire for his late slides that result in penalties for the defense.

David Roberts clearly isn’t happy about the political direction of this country especially as it pertains to climate. But if you read his newsletter and listen to his podcast, you’ll realize that ther...

Rep. Kera Birkeland spent much of her political career writing and passing legislation aimed at trans Americans — legislation that many people view as cruel. And Birkeland most recent electoral oppone...

In January of 2023, Brigham Young University released a dire report about the Great Salt Lake. The biggest takeaway? The lake will be gone in five years. Then, a major snowfall hit the state, we had a...

In hindsight, it’s clear that a century of suppressing wildfires probably hasn’t made us safer in the U.S. West. But knowing what doesn’t work isn’t the same as knowing what does. So what do we do?