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Kevin Gill from Nashua, NH, United States/flickrThe Trump administration is seeking an across-the-board 20% cut to NASA's total funding, and nearly all of that reduction is concentrated in science mission directorate. -
USU Bingham Research CenterOzone levels in the Uinta Basin have been at unhealthy levels for a decade, but this administration might not hold the oil and gas industry accountable.
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Researchers and volunteers are conducting a snowy plover population survey to look at the effects of a changing Great Salt Lake on these migratory birds. -
While there have been no recent cases of avian flu in Utah's poultry or cattle, Arizona and Idaho have ongoing outbreaks. -
Phragmites is an invasive grass threatening wetlands across the continent. Utah ecologists are mapping its spread to help land managers control its growth. -
A recent study from Utah State University geoscientists explores the characteristics of rocks from a fault zone in Utah. -
Emerging research suggests that human attention spans are getting shorter. That’s a problem for people who want to make change in a world in which the issues we’re facing are growing ever more complicated. So now, perhaps more than ever, it’s important to understand the art and science of giving a good speech — and few people in Canada do that better than David Shepherd. But Shepherd says none of this came naturally to him. -
Emerging research suggests that human attention spans are getting shorter. That’s a problem for people who want to make change in a world in which the issues we’re facing are growing ever more complicated. So now, perhaps more than ever, it’s important to understand the art and science of giving a good speech — and few people in Canada do that better than David Shepherd. But Shepherd says none of this came naturally to him.
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Fire can be a destructive force, but an essential and natural driver of ecosystem functioning in the African savanna. It turns out the savanna both shapes and is shaped by fire. But such a process is difficult to untangle. -
In episode five, we take a look at some of the 34 species of frogs that make the Kruger their home and a park researcher who wants to know more about them.
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We follow Utah State University scientist and UPR reporter Ryan Helcoski and UMP student Mirandah Mnisi as they scope out a fresh kill. -
This week, Ryan Helcoski explores how carcass sites may become attractive to grazing herbivores as their nutrients aid in plant growth.
