Ghost towns still standing in Utah, but barely
Scroll down to the bottom of the story to hear Clint Thomsen’s firsthand account of a night at haunted Mercur cemetery. Utah’s West desert region is haunted. Legends whisper of restless spirits, the...
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Bang! Boom! Crash! BYU presents ‘Sounds to Astound’
When planning Sounds to Astound, students from BYU’s Physics Department wanted to create an outreach program that would both educate and entertain — and so the founding board members incorporated music...
View ArticleChem department will celebrate National Chemistry Week
Students who drop by the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department this week can take part in various chemical demonstrations — including a demonstration of the edible properties of liquid nitrogen — for...
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BYU professor says ‘Contagion’ could be real
An outbreak of a deadly disease, as shown in the fictitious movie, “Contagion,” could infect the world’s population in a matter of weeks. The scary thing is, it’s plausible, according to BYU professor...
View ArticleBott gives lecture on the power of teaching
After returning from a mission in Samoa, then-21-year-old Randy Bott said a prayer in which he promised to go into whatever professional field the Lord saw fit for him — as long as it wasn’t teaching....
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Holograms, helicopters and clouds
For an individual visiting an alien planet to be able to build an accurate estimate of an unknown planet’s climate, the explorer must take into account the presence of clouds, according to a professor...
View ArticlePresident Monson to speak at Devotional
The Prophet and President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will speak to students, staff and faculty at the Devotional on Tuesday in the Marriott Center. President Thomas S. Monson,...
View Article‘Keep our lights aflame’
Check out our Facebook photo album. The Prophet and President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Thomas S. Monson, spoke of the importance of gaining a testimony and sharing that...
View ArticleStudents Rock Geology Competition
BYU can add geophysics to the list of areas bringing the university international fame, thanks to two geology students who took an international competition by the Society of Exploration Geophysicists...
View ArticleLessons from language
With increasing access to information and cultural convergence, learning to reach out to others from different backgrounds with understanding and love is of utmost importance to members of The Church...
View ArticleGrad student creates music with computers
by Emma Penrod Sometimes, the most innovative uses for computers come not from programmers, but individuals specialized in other fields, according to Dan Ventura, a BYU computer science professor. And...
View ArticleLecture: Conservation efforts should help people and animals
Successful conservation efforts should save and improve the lives of both animals and people, according to a lead scientist from The Nature Conservancy who spoke during Thursday’s inaugural...
View ArticlePainting company’s internships questioned
A series of miscommunications culminated last week with several students receiving emails warning that representatives from a business offering internships not endorsed by BYU may be approaching...
View ArticleStudents begin project to make E. coli detect colon cancer
A team of BYU students is developing a new way to detect colon cancer — using E. coli to sound the alarm. It’s reputation may lack an element of glamor, but as a normal member of humans intestinal...
View ArticleGenerous giving still needed to fill food bank
Only five days remain for Cougar fans to fill the more than 30,000 remaining stadium seats with food for families living below the poverty line in Utah. The BYU Alumni Association set a goal of filling...
View ArticleResearch team seeks answers on how dirty the library is
A trio of BYU students embarked on a scavenger hunt in the library this semester, seeking to discover whether the unseen culprits of missed lectures and make-up homework might grow within the pages of...
View ArticleOzone on campus
Students sampling pollution levels around BYU campus for a class on air quality discovered a ring of high ozone levels surrounding the campus late last month, causing some to become concerned that...
View ArticleFuture U.: What will it look like?
How will the universities future generations attend differ from those we attend today? In the year 2015, Sarah will take a single face-to-face class, one for which she paid extra just to get on a wait...
View ArticleLDS members inspire faith-driven initiatives to preserve the natural world
Despite sharing a small south-campus apartment with three other roommates, Brian Shirts is passionate about his garden, which he cultivates on a few small patches of Earth in his apartment complex...
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