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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.
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.
Carolyn Levitt-Bussian has a fossil lover’s dream job. Every day that she comes to work at the Natural History Museum of Utah, she gets to roam among the dinosaurs.
A growing field of biologists and materials engineers are taking hints from spiders and developing methods to replicate spider silk proteins for commercial use.
The often-overlooked minerals collection at NHMU is full of visual surprises and lessons in crystal forms and chemistry. Find out where you can discover these gems at the museum.
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![[image] Lights Out—Utah's Unique Dark Skies](/sites/default/files/_DDW9506_0.jpg)
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![[image] Is The Greatest Snow on Earth in Danger?](/sites/default/files/Solitude Snowboarder.jpg)
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![[image] Zombie Ants](/sites/default/files/Zombie One_0.jpg)
![[image] NHMU's Hidden Minerals](/sites/default/files/red beryl 10ae_0.jpg)