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China could be first to retrieve samples from far side of the moon
Art Raymond, Deseret News | Posted May 4 - 2:22 p.m. | Save Story
China successfully launched its Chang'e-6 lunar probe on Friday, beginning a mission that aims to land on the far side of the lunar surface and gather and return samples in what would be a first in global space exploration.
Boeing sending first astronaut crew to space after years of delay
Joey Roulette, Reuters | Updated May 3 - 9:56 p.m. | Save Story
Boeing is poised to send the first Starliner space capsule with a crew of humans into orbit next week, giving it a long-delayed chance to score a badly needed win as it struggles to compete with Elon Musk's SpaceX.
'Great jobs': Salt Lake students get a peek into life science industry at Human Innovation Day
Logan Stefanich, KSL.com | Posted May 3 - 7:05 p.m. | Save Story
Some Salt Lake City School District students spent Friday getting an inside look at potential future STEM careers as part of the second annual Human Innovation Day.
Have You Seen This? Old government supercomputer is up for auction
Collin Leonard, KSL.com | Posted May 2 - 4:23 p.m. | Save Story
The Cheyenne supercomputer, once the world's 20th-fastest, has been put up for auction after its retirement in August 2023. The computer was used to build advanced models and simulations over seven years, through the National Center for Atmospheric Research.
Doctors say new 'BEAR' procedure could be future of ACL reconstruction
Emma Benson, KSL-TV | Posted May 2 - 2:31 p.m. | Save Story
Meggan Mosyjowski suffered an ACL injury earlier this year while skiing and needed surgery. But as she discussed options with her doctor, she learned about a new procedure.
T. rex is at the center of a debate over dinosaur intelligence
Will Dunham, Reuters | Posted April 30 - 2:36 p.m. | Save Story
A new study says large predator dinosaurs like the T. rex were not dim-witted as previously believed.
NASA looking to researchers at Utah State University to problem-solve farming on Mars
Mike Anderson, KSL-TV | Posted April 27 - 7:20 a.m. | Save Story
A group of researchers at Utah State University has been experimenting with farming methods to help NASA learn how to survive on Mars.
Historic Boeing Starliner space flight could land in Utah
Art Raymond, Deseret News | Posted April 26 - 7:40 p.m. | Save Story
Boeing is finally ready to carry astronauts into space.
Net neutrality restored as federal agency votes to regulate internet providers
David Hamilton, Associated Press | Posted April 25 - 6:01 p.m. | Save Story
The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday restored "net neutrality" rules that prevent broadband internet providers from favoring some sites and apps over others.
NASA hears from Voyager 1, the most distant spacecraft from Earth, after months of quiet
Marcia Dunn, Associated Press | Posted April 24 - 3:46 p.m. | Save Story
NASA has finally heard back from Voyager 1 in a way that makes sense. The most distant spacecraft from Earth stopped sending back understandable data last November.
Biden signs Ukraine aid, TikTok ban bills after Republican battle
Trevor Hunnicutt and Jeff Mason, Reuters | Posted April 24 - 9:44 a.m. | Save Story
President Joe Biden signed a hard-fought bill into law on Wednesday that provides billions of dollars of new aid to Ukraine for its war with Russia, notching a rare bipartisan victory for the president as he seeks reelection and ending months of wrangling with Republicans in Congress.
New tool for algal bloom mitigation is making breakthrough results in Utah, scientists say
Mary Culbertson, KSL-TV | Posted April 23 - 1:32 p.m. | Save Story
Scientists are testing a new tool that aims to help suppress algal blooms in bodies of water, and experts say the device is producing breakthrough results.
Biden to unveil $7B for rooftop solar in Earth Day message
Nichola Groom, Reuters | Posted April 22 - 10:45 a.m. | Save Story
President Joe Biden on Monday will celebrate Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in grants for residential solar projects that will power nearly a million low-income households, the White House said.
Look what Utah ingenuity — and a desire to get out of work — has wrought
Lee Benson, Deseret News | Posted April 22 - 10:05 a.m. | Save Story
At FireFly Automatix, the Aposhian family and their engineer friends are revolutionizing the sod farm business
Tesla cuts prices in China, Germany, and around globe after US cuts
Hyunjoo Jin, Ethan Wang and Christoph Steitz, Reuters | Posted April 21 - 7:48 p.m. | Save Story
Tesla has cut prices in a number of its major markets — including in China and Germany as it grapples with falling sales and an intensifying price war for electric vehicles.
Pluto gained a 'heart' after colliding with a planetary body
Ashley Strickland, CNN | Posted April 21 - 2:10 p.m. | Save Story
A huge heart-shaped feature on the surface of Pluto and researchers think they have solved the mystery of how the distinctive heart came to be.
2 more endangered ferrets are gene copies of critter frozen in 1980s
Mead Gruver, Associated Press | Posted April 20 - 7:50 p.m. | Save Story
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says two more black-footed ferrets have been cloned from the genes used for the first clone of an endangered species in the U.S. These three slinky predators are genetically identical to a single animal frozen back in the 1980s.
'We need entrepreneurship': Utah Tech bringing Sandbox program to southern Utah
Logan Stefanich, KSL.com | Posted April 19 - 9:03 p.m. | Save Story
Utah Tech University was selected last week to participate in a pilot launch of the Sandbox entrepreneurship program, which bolsters its polytechnic approach to education.
