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[image] Paleo Storms
Posted Tue, 09/11/2018 - 2:24pm

Paleo Storms

Paleotempestology is storm chasing through geology. Learn more in this post.
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[image] Museum on the Move Goes West
Posted Tue, 08/14/2018 - 4:34pm

Museum on the Move Goes West

Museum on the Move, part of NHMU's statewide outreach, traveled to a remote Utah school: West Desert Elementary.
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[image] Spiky-Headed Dinosaur a First for Utah
Posted Thu, 07/19/2018 - 10:31am

Spiky-Headed Dinosaur a First for Utah

What’s covered in spikes and 76 million years old? The answer isn’t a prehistoric pincushion. It’s Akainacephalus johnsoni, the newest dinosaur to be named from Utah.
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Tags: paleontology
[image] A Recipe For Extreme Organisms
Posted Fri, 06/22/2018 - 12:42pm

A Recipe For Extreme Organisms

Read about the microscopic life that’s adapted to the harsh conditions of the Great Salt Lake.
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[image] East Africa Finds Reveal New Twist in Human Story
Posted Thu, 05/31/2018 - 4:22pm

East Africa Finds Reveal New Twist in Human Story

New discoveries in the roughly 300,000 year-old sediment of Kenya have allowed Natural History Museum of Utah archaeology curator Tyler Faith and colleagues to track how stark changes in past climates influenced human culture.
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[image] Lights Out—Utah's Unique Dark Skies
Posted Mon, 05/21/2018 - 12:00am

Lights Out—Utah's Unique Dark Skies

The darkness is vanishing. Population growth and development around the globe has illuminated the world and its skies like never before. With the world alight, the only thing it seems we can’t see anymore is the dark.
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[image] Utah Tyrannosaur Discovered After 76 Million-Year Slumber
Posted Tue, 12/19/2017 - 1:52pm

Utah Tyrannosaur Discovered After 76 Million-Year Slumber

What was it like to be there when a 76 million year-old tyrannosaur was airlifted from its longtime grave? And where had that grave been over those many millions of years?
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Tags: paleontology
[image] The Birth of the Antiquities Act
Posted Mon, 11/27/2017 - 11:38am

The Birth of the Antiquities Act

Read about the early days of the Antiquities Act.
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Tags: anthropology, archaeology
[image] European Firebug Spreads in Utah
Posted Fri, 10/06/2017 - 10:44am

European Firebug Spreads in Utah

Have you spotted a European firebug?
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Tags: entomology, citizen science, celebrating women in science
[image] 12 Rare Images of the 1909 Utah Arch Expedition
Posted Wed, 08/30/2017 - 1:33pm

12 Rare Images of the 1909 Utah Arch Expedition

These rare photographs, taken by Stuart Malcom Young, chronicle the 1909 Utah Arch Expedition. The grandson of LDS Church leader, Brigham Young, S.M. Young accompanied University of Utah Professor, Byron Cummings, on the historic excursion to “discover” Rainbow Bridge. At just 19 years old, Young played an important role in the expedition, chronicling the journey with photographs that would later become instrumental in building interest in the American Southwest and preserving its awesome landscapes, history, and people.
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