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Net neutrality restored as federal agency votes to regulate internet providers
David Hamilton, Associated Press | Posted April 25 - 6:01 p.m. | Save Story
The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday restored "net neutrality" rules that prevent broadband internet providers from favoring some sites and apps over others.
NASA hears from Voyager 1, the most distant spacecraft from Earth, after months of quiet
Marcia Dunn, Associated Press | Posted April 24 - 3:46 p.m. | Save Story
NASA has finally heard back from Voyager 1 in a way that makes sense. The most distant spacecraft from Earth stopped sending back understandable data last November.
Biden signs Ukraine aid, TikTok ban bills after Republican battle
Trevor Hunnicutt and Jeff Mason, Reuters | Posted April 24 - 9:44 a.m. | Save Story
President Joe Biden signed a hard-fought bill into law on Wednesday that provides billions of dollars of new aid to Ukraine for its war with Russia, notching a rare bipartisan victory for the president as he seeks reelection and ending months of wrangling with Republicans in Congress.
New tool for algal bloom mitigation is making breakthrough results in Utah, scientists say
Mary Culbertson, KSL-TV | Posted April 23 - 1:32 p.m. | Save Story
Scientists are testing a new tool that aims to help suppress algal blooms in bodies of water, and experts say the device is producing breakthrough results.
Biden to unveil $7B for rooftop solar in Earth Day message
Nichola Groom, Reuters | Posted April 22 - 10:45 a.m. | Save Story
President Joe Biden on Monday will celebrate Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in grants for residential solar projects that will power nearly a million low-income households, the White House said.
Look what Utah ingenuity — and a desire to get out of work — has wrought
Lee Benson, Deseret News | Posted April 22 - 10:05 a.m. | Save Story
At FireFly Automatix, the Aposhian family and their engineer friends are revolutionizing the sod farm business
Tesla cuts prices in China, Germany, and around globe after US cuts
Hyunjoo Jin, Ethan Wang and Christoph Steitz, Reuters | Posted April 21 - 7:48 p.m. | Save Story
Tesla has cut prices in a number of its major markets — including in China and Germany as it grapples with falling sales and an intensifying price war for electric vehicles.
Pluto gained a 'heart' after colliding with a planetary body
Ashley Strickland, CNN | Posted April 21 - 2:10 p.m. | Save Story
A huge heart-shaped feature on the surface of Pluto and researchers think they have solved the mystery of how the distinctive heart came to be.
2 more endangered ferrets are gene copies of critter frozen in 1980s
Mead Gruver, Associated Press | Posted April 20 - 7:50 p.m. | Save Story
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says two more black-footed ferrets have been cloned from the genes used for the first clone of an endangered species in the U.S. These three slinky predators are genetically identical to a single animal frozen back in the 1980s.
'We need entrepreneurship': Utah Tech bringing Sandbox program to southern Utah
Logan Stefanich, KSL.com | Posted April 19 - 9:03 p.m. | Save Story
Utah Tech University was selected last week to participate in a pilot launch of the Sandbox entrepreneurship program, which bolsters its polytechnic approach to education.
Congress moves ahead on bill to push TikTok's Chinese owner to sell
Moira Warburton, Reuters | Updated April 18 - 10:01 p.m. | Save Story
An effort to force TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDance, to sell the social media app or face a ban in the U.S. was gaining steam in Congress on Thursday, with the House of Representatives setting a vote for Saturday and a key Senate Democrat voicing support for the move.
Ancient snake in India might have been longer than a school bus and weighed a ton
Christina Larson, Associated Press | Posted April 18 - 12:33 p.m. | Save Story
Researchers in India have found fossils of an ancient giant snake that could have been longer than a school bus. The bones found near a coal mine revealed a snake that stretched an estimated 36 to 50 feet.
Astronomers spot massive 'sleeping giant' black hole less than 2K light-years from Earth
Ashley Strickland, CNN | Posted April 17 - 2:33 p.m. | Save Story
Astronomers have spotted the most massive known stellar black hole in the Milky Way galaxy after detecting an unusual wobble in space.
NASA expected space station garbage to burn up. It smashed into a Florida home instead
Jackie Wattles, CNN | Posted April 16 - 9:34 p.m. | Save Story
A piece of garbage jettisoned from the International Space Station unexpectedly survived a fiery reentry from orbit last month and pierced the roof of a home in Florida, according to NASA.
Mitt Romney, senators release proposal to limit potential risk of artificial intelligence
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL.com | Posted April 16 - 9:03 p.m. | Save Story
Utah Sen. Mitt Romney and several colleagues proposed a framework for the federal government to mitigate risks posed by artificial intelligence when it comes to biological, chemical, cyber and nuclear threats.
Making cement is damaging for the climate. One solution is opening in California
Isabella O'malley, Associated Press | Posted April 15 - 10:05 p.m. | Save Story
The cement industry is one of the largest emitters of carbon dioxide and is responsible for some 8% of global emissions each year. But demand for cement, an ingredient for concrete, keeps growing as the world constructs more buildings.
Oldest living conjoined twins, Lori and George Schappell, die at 62
Associated Press | Posted April 14 - 8:20 p.m. | Save Story
The oldest living conjoined twins have died in Pennsylvania at age 62. Obituaries say Lori and George Schappell died April 7 at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
Northrop Grumman unveils prototype of spooky new underwater drone
Collin Leonard, KSL.com | Posted April 13 - 2:13 p.m. | Save Story
Northrop Grumman is one of two companies developing autonomous underwater vehicles that can wander the ocean for long periods of time, using the ocean to generate electricity.
