Lighting up the night
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The Natural History Museum of Utah’s Firefly Citizen Science Project found Utah has its fair share of fireflies.
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Historic photography
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The Natural History Museum of Utah is home to a collection of lantern slides featuring Native Americans of the Southwest.
Read MoreMesoamerica comes to the U
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Maya experts from around the world will convene at the U for the Mesoamerican Conference that focuses on preclassic Maya history between 2000 B.C. and 250 A.D.
Read MoreHumans of the U: Kevin Davenport
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“Before physics, I was a designer, which is all about communicating complex ideas in novel ways. So, I came up with a board game. The basic idea is that you build an electrical circuit with your neighbors. Each player is a type of material, like silicon or germanium. Using currencies such as energy and photons, you push electrons around to the interfaces of the materials to create light.”
Read MoreWatershed protection
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Durable parking lot pavers reduce runoff at the Natural History Museum of Utah keeping stormwater in the soil.
Read MorePALEONTOLOGIST EXPLORES SCIENCE AND FICTION
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Courses explore the good, the bad and the ugly of science portrayed in movies.
Read MoreNEW SPINY DINO DISCOVERY
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Fossils of a new dinosaur—Akainacephalus johnsoni—have been unearthed in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
Read MoreA RECIPE FOR EXTREME ORGANISMS
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Natural History Museum of Utah exhibit staff came up with a perfect plan to help halophiles thrive in an exhibit with super-salty water.
Read More‘Nature’s Ultimate Machines’
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From slug slime to whale flippers to electrical shocks, organisms have “engineered” impressive tactics to make a living on planet Earth. The museum’s special exhibit explains how some species glide through the air, endure extreme temperatures or crush 8,000 pounds in a single bite.
Read MorePaleontology procures the prize
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The 2018 Linda K. Amos award was presented to Carolyn (Carrie) Levitt-Bussian collections manager of paleontology at the Natural History Museum of Utah.
Read MoreBirth of the Antiquities Act
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NHMU anthropological and paleontological collections include objects from areas in Utah protected by the American Antiquities Act, which authorized the U.S. president to designate land owned or controlled by the government as national monuments.
Read MoreVOICES OF THE LANDSCAPE
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Many families from the state’s eight Sovereign Nations gathered to honor the culture, heritage and history of indigenous people.
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