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Gene thought to raise risk for Alzheimer's may cause it
Lois M. Collins, Deseret News | Posted May 13 - 12:33 p.m. | Save Story
Having two copies of a gene long believed to increase risk of Alzheimer's disease may actually be a "new genetic form" of the degenerative neurological disease.
Dr. AI will see you now
Lois M. Collins, Deseret News | Posted May 13 - 12:06 p.m. | Save Story
Dr. AI is setting up practice in a medical setting near you. And experts say your health care is likely to improve in multiple ways with that new attention to detail. But in some areas, you might want to steer clear.
Phoenix, Arizona — the Silicon Valley of chip manufacturing in the West
Gitanjali Poonia, Deseret News | Posted May 12 - 6:20 p.m. | Save Story
Funding from the CHIPS Act could expand Phoenix's growing influence, as Utah and other states also look to benefit.
These snakes use gory special effects to fake their own deaths
Issy Ronald, CNN | Posted May 12 - 4:43 p.m. | Save Story
Awards season may be over for human actors this year, but there's no rest for some of nature's most audacious thespians.
Astronomers finally detect a rocky planet with an atmosphere
Will Dunham, Reuters | Posted May 12 - 2:19 p.m. | Save Story
Astronomers have searched for years for rocky planets beyond our solar system with an atmosphere — a trait considered essential for any possibility of harboring life.
Baby born deaf hears after unique gene therapy
Lois M. Collins, Deseret News | Posted May 12 - 11:33 a.m. | Save Story
Opal Sandy, now 18 months old, was completely deaf at birth due to a rare genetic condition called auditory neuropathy. But within four weeks of receiving a gene therapy infusion in her right ear as part of an international clinical trial, she responded to sound.
Missed the dazzling northern lights show? You might get another chance Saturday night
Ray Sanchez, CNN | Posted May 11 - 6:25 p.m. | Save Story
A second chance to view the magnificent auroras produced by a series of solar flares and coronal mass ejections from the sun will arrive Saturday evening in case you missed the previous night's spectacle.
Scientists document remarkable sperm whale 'phonetic alphabet'
Will Dunham, Reuters | Posted May 11 - 1:16 p.m. | Save Story
The various species of whales inhabiting Earth's oceans employ different types of vocalizations to communicate. Sperm whales, the largest of the toothed whales, communicate using bursts of clicking noises, sounding a bit like Morse code.
'Potentially historic' geomagnetic storm could produce northern lights in Utah
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted May 10 - 12:03 p.m. | Save Story
A "potentially historic" geomagnetic storm is forecast for this weekend and it appears Utahns might be able to catch a glimpse of an aurora borealis from it.
ChatGPT popular in Provo, nationwide study finds
Emma Everett Johnson, KSL.com | Posted May 9 - 9:51 a.m. | Save Story
Provo is listed among the top cities for ChatGPT and artificial intelligence tool use, a recent study by Authority found.
Skies alert: California rocket launch visible in southern Utah has potential to be 'space jellyfish'
Chris Reed, St. George News | Posted May 8 - 4:05 p.m. | Save Story
The scheduled launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from California on Wednesday evening is not only likely to be visible from southern Utah but also has the potential to create a phenomenon known as a "space jellyfish" because of the timing of the liftoff.
Box Elder County experiences multiple earthquakes
Shara Park, KSL-TV | Posted May 8 - 6:55 a.m. | Save Story
Have you felt shaking in Box Elder County? In the past three days, 75 small earthquakes have been measured by University of Utah Seismograph Stations southwest of Tremonton.
Inside the 'extremely difficult' Air Force broadcast of a historic space mission
Collin Leonard, KSL.com | Posted May 7 - 7:04 p.m. | Save Story
The 2nd Audiovisual squadron recently won a Webby People's Voice Award for their live broadcast of the OSIRIS-REx capsule landing at the Utah Test and Training Range last year.
Boeing calls off its first astronaut launch because of valve issue on rocket
Marcia Dunn, Associated Press | Posted May 6 - 9:47 p.m. | Save Story
Boeing has called off its first astronaut launch because of a balky rocket valve.
How to watch the first crewed flight of Boeing's long-awaited Starliner spacecraft
Jackie Wattles, CNN | Posted May 6 - 6:57 a.m. | Save Story
Boeing's spaceflight program may reach a significant milestone Monday night with the launch of its Starliner spacecraft, carrying — at long last — two NASA astronauts to orbit.
Look up for the dazzling Eta Aquariid meteor shower Sunday and Monday
Ashley Strickland, CNN | Posted May 4 - 9:39 p.m. | Save Story
May kicks off with the Eta Aquariid meteor shower, and experts are anticipating a better show than in recent years, according to the American Meteor Society.
An AI-controlled fighter jet took the Air Force leader for a historic ride. What that means for war
Tara Copp, Associated Press | Posted May 4 - 4:50 p.m. | Save Story
An experimental F-16 fighter jet has taken Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall on a history-making flight controlled by artificial intelligence and not a human pilot.
China could be first to retrieve samples from far side of the moon
Art Raymond, Deseret News | Posted May 4 - 2:22 p.m. | Save Story
China successfully launched its Chang'e-6 lunar probe on Friday, beginning a mission that aims to land on the far side of the lunar surface and gather and return samples in what would be a first in global space exploration.
