Science Stories

Do children experience lasting mental health benefits from museum visits?

Humans emerged from a confluence of climate change in ancient Africa, ancestral populations drawn to new resources and natural selection.

Exploring fermented foods and fungal delights with NHMU's curator of mycology.

NHMU's Anthropology Collections include more than 1 million objects that tell the stories and history of the Indigenous people of the Mountain West.

In 2024, NHMU hosted an essay contest in conjunction with the special exhibit Becoming Jane. Here is the winning submission by 7th grader Lily Petersen.

In his upcoming keynote address at the NHMU Lecture Series, David Eagleman asks what does AI mean for humans?

Why are we so different from our closest living relatives, the chimpanzees and bonobos? And more broadly, what makes us human?

Past peoples planting crops in Utah thousands of years ago might have faced plagues of grasshoppers.

All paleontologists face a central question in the field: how old are the fossils I’m collecting, as well as the rocks that preserve them?

The perfect Valentine’s Day doesn’t just differ for each person, but for each species. This look into the language of love is just as bizarre as you think.

Learn more about the life and work of Dr. Jane Goodall.

NHMU's Lisbeth Louderback is appointed the first woman president of the Great Basin Anthropological Association.