'Hobbits' Are a New Human Species, According to Statistical Analysis of Fossils Nov 20, 2009
Hobbits' are a new human species, according to statistical analysis of fossils. Hobbits' Are a New Human Species, According to Statistical Analysis of Fossils. (Science Daily)
You Go West, Girl Nov 20, 2009
One member of the party produced a map, which showed two large rivers running westward from the Great Salt Lake to California ... Left to their own devices these pioneers might not even have made it as far as the Great Salt Lake ... They skirted the northern shore of the Great Salt Lake and in the blazing desert to the west were forced to abandon their wagons and pack everything on horses and mules. (The American Conservative)
These Western ski resorts offer a break from the familiar Nov 15, 2009
And from the top of the Strawberry Express gondola, the views encompass four states and the Great Salt Lake itself. Huntsville, Utah, 888-437-5488. (Boston Globe)
DNA Barcodes: Creative New Uses Span Health, Fraud, Smuggling, History, More Nov 12, 2009
12, 2009) The scientific ability to quickly and accurately identify species through DNA "barcoding" is being embraced and applied by a growing legion of global authorities -- from medical and agricultural researchers to police and customs authorities to palaeontologists and others. Some 350 experts from 50 nations gathering in Mexico for their 3rd global meeting will outline the latest creative applications of DNA barcoding, including projects to sequence ancient plant and animal remains... (Science Daily)
EPA Adds US Magnesium to Superfund Site List Nov 3, 2009
Environmental Protection Agency adds US Magnesium near Great Salt Lake to Superfund site list ... The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has added the U.S. Magnesium site near Utah's Great Salt Lake to the federal Superfund list. (ABC News -- Wire)
Fishery Impact Test Developed Oct 29, 2009
29, 2009) Aspects of the 'ecological risk assessment' (ERA) method have been adopted in the US, Canada, Ecuador, and the Western and Central Pacific, and by the international eco-labelling organisation the Marine Stewardship Council. The method was developed in research led by Dr Tony Smith and Dr Alistair Hobday from CSIRO's Wealth from Oceans Flagship in association with the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA). (Science Daily)
Wy. plans to import bighorns Oct 18, 2009
The department plans to supplement the herd with 20 sheep from the Diablo Mountains of south-central Oregon and 40 sheep from Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake of Utah in December and January. The department selected the sheep because they live in similar environments to the Ferris/Seminoe herd. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Recent 'Momentum' Influences Choices Of Baby Names, Professors Find Oct 15, 2009
14, 2009) How do people choose a name for their child. Researchers have long noted that the overall popularity of a name exerts a strong influence on people's preferences more popular names, such as Robert or Susan, are more frequent and, by their sheer ubiquity, drive more parents to adopt a similar choice. (Science Daily)
Probes' moon dives 'all about the water' Oct 4, 2009
Colaprete estimated that the total water in the shadowed regions could be equivalent to a slight percentage of the Great Salt Lake in Utah but "could be substantially more.". That would mean ample quantities for explorers to tap for drinking or the components of rocket fuel -- resources that could significantly reduce the cost of establishing an outpost. (Florida Today)
Researchers Work To Keep Terrapin Turtle Off Endangered Species List Sep 23, 2009
22, 2009) University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) researchers exploring strategies for conserving the Diamondback Terrapin along Alabama's Dauphin Island coastline are working to keep the once-celebrated turtle off the endangered species list. The Diamondback Terrapin has been a national delicacy, a source of state taxes and a casualty of commercial development and victim of new predators, but now its prospects are improved by a UAB-based turtle hatchery that may accelerate the growth of the... (Science Daily)
Moon rocket engine passes test Sep 11, 2009
For more than two minutes, flames roared out the end of the 154-foot Ares I rocket, which was anchored horizontally to the ground on a hill above the Great Salt Lake. "That was something, wasn't it?" said a grinning Charlie Precourt, a former shuttle astronaut and vice president of Alliant Techsystems Inc.'s space launch systems. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Rocket test goes off problem-free Sep 11, 2009
For more than two minutes, flames roared out the end of the 154-foot Ares I rocket, which was anchored horizontally to the ground on a hill above the Great Salt Lake. That was something, wasn t it. (KHOU.com, TX)
New Species Of Giant Rat Discovered In Crater Of Volcano Sep 10, 2009
9, 2009) A Smithsonian Institution biologist, working with the Natural History Unit of the BBC, has discovered a new species of giant rat on a filmmaking expedition to a remote rainforest in New Guinea. The discovery was made in the crater of an extinct volcano named Mount Bosavi in Papua New Guinea s Southern Highlands province. (Science Daily)
Doug Whisenant named to lead Williams' gas pipeline division Sep 8, 2009
He currently serves as the 2001-02 general campaign chair for the United Way of Great Salt Lake Area. He also is serving as a board member for Salt Lake's United Way, Salt Lake Olympic Aid and Intermountain Health Care-Urban Central Region. (Memphis Business Journal, TN)
Antelope Island hosts festival Sep 6, 2009
ANTELOPE ISLAND, Utah (AP) -- Antelope Island on the Great Salt Lake is hosting a hot air balloon and kite festival this weekend. The 2009 Antelope Island Balloon and Kite Stampede started Friday and runs through Sunday night. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
New Crustacean Discovered Near Canary Islands Aug 25, 2009
New Species Of Crustacean Discovered Near Canary Islands. New Species Of Crustacean Discovered Near Canary Islands. (Science Daily)
Study of extremes Aug 24, 2009
Fortunately, thanks to the work of conservationists and the National Parks Service, the dramatic landscapes of all the top wonders have been preserved, along with the lesser-known national treasures, like the shimmering shores of the Great Salt Lake or the subterranean marvels of The Lost Sea. Whether its a top wonder or a hidden gem, its worth remembering the words of Teddy Roosevelt, who looked with wonder across the Grand Canyon and remarked, Keep it for your children, and your... (MSNBC -- Travel)
Letters to the editor (8/18/09) Aug 18, 2009
Kennecott used aquifers and the Great Salt Lake as its wastewater sump for decades. Since forced by federal courts in 1995, the company has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on groundwater treatment systems obligated to operate only for the next 40 years. (Anchorage Daily News)
Police shoot, kill man in Utah Aug 7, 2009
Salt Lake City police Sgt. Robin Snyder says one of the department's officers shot the man Thursday on Interstate 80 near the Great Salt Lake. Snyder says police got a call about a hit and run on the city's west side. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Why should you see America first? Ask Kitty Jul 28, 2009
I could tell you about floating in the Great Salt Lake; about Death Valley temperatures that made the car overheat whenever we turned on the air conditioning; about Rainbow Bridge National Park, where I got thirstier than I can ever remember being before or since; about the miracle of nature that is the Grand Canyon, and the colossus of human artifice that is Hoover Dam. I could tell you about the Navajo chief we gave a lift to the post office so he could pick up his pension check, during which... (MSNBC -- Travel)
Many Antarctic Species Ill Prepared To Cope With Warmer Ocean Jul 7, 2009
Extremophiles are microbes that have adapted to extreme environments, such as Utah's Great Salt Lake. But new microorganisms can be found in everyday. (Science Daily)
Summer traffic up for Google, down for Microsoft Jul 5, 2009
On the north edge of the Great Salt Lake, Robert Smithson's masterpiece sits peacefully, awaiting visitors willing to make the long trek to see one of the world's great land art pieces. The Space Shot. (Yahoo News -- Internet and WWW)
NASA Launches 2 Probes To Explore Moon Jun 19, 2009
The amount of hydrogen detected in past missions implies the presence of enough water to possibly fill the Great Salt Lake basin in Utah. But no one knows if ice is really there. (CBS News)
Concerns raised about selenium limits at lake May 29, 2009
SALT LAKE CITY -- Federal officials are raising concerns about the amount of selenium a new state limit would allow in the Great Salt Lake. Selenium is a naturally occurring mineral that also turns up in sewage discharge and industrial operations. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
New Species Of Cholesterol-busting Bug With A Taste For Waste Discovered May 17, 2009
ScienceDaily (May 16, 2009) A novel species of bacteria with cholesterol-busting properties has been discovered by scientists at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. Dr Oliver Drzyzga and colleagues isolated the new bug, called Gordonia cholesterolivorans, from sewage sludge. (Science Daily)
Forest Service, Neptune help at crash site Apr 28, 2009
The Oquirrh range forms a north-south line extending from the southern edge of the Great Salt Lake. The mountain range contains the open pit Bingham Canyon Mine, easily seen by airline travelers as they approach Salt Lake City's airport on clear days. (Missoulian, MT)
• Outdoors briefs Apr 9, 2009
The Utah Wildlife Board approved a plan Thursday to allow about 60 Columbian sharp-tailed grouse to be transplanted to the island in the middle of the Great Salt Lake. The project is part of a larger effort to bolster the bird's population in Utah and keep it off the federal endangered species list. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Science: Did lakes trigger mass extinction? Apr 1, 2009
Did Great Salt Lakes trigger mass extinction ... Did Great Salt Lakes trigger mass extinction ... Using measurements of gas emissions from the bay as part of their evidence, a team of scientists is arguing that once-common great salt lakes may have been at the root of the end-Permian mass extinction, when more than 90 percent of Earth's creatures died off. (MSNBC -- Environment)
How Salmonella Survives In Environment Mar 27, 2009
26, 2009) Scientists at the University of Liverpool have demonstrated how a single-celled organism, living freely in the environment, could be a source of Salmonella transmission to animals and humans. Salmonella are microscopic living creatures that can contaminate almost any food type, causing diarrhoea, abdominal pain and fever. (Science Daily)
Effects Of Stress Last For Life In Birds Mar 24, 2009
8, 2008) Don't be surprised if you see of hundreds of dead birds along the southeastern shore of the Great Salt Lake during the next few weeks. More than 15,000 birds died on the lake last fall. (Science Daily)
I have to tell you . . . Mar 19, 2009
In one of the great rescues of the American westward migration, Brigham Young, warm and safe in his new community beside the Great Salt Lake, ordered men with new wagons and fresh horses to go back into the blinding blizzard and find the handcart stragglers. Now one of those large clumsy wooden handcarts stands in a little garden area of Temple Square in Salt Lake City. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
State of Extremity: What's Up With Utah? Mar 17, 2009
It is a place of extreme landscapes -- salt flats, deserts, mountains, the Great Salt Lake -- and, some say, extreme people strident in the protection of their values and fiercely proud of their history. It is a state so dedicated to protecting the moral interests of its residents that the NBC affiliate in Salt Lake City won't air "Saturday Night Live" because it deems it too risque. (ABC News)
Creative vision that truly knows no bounds Feb 27, 2009
Land art projects such as Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty (1970) on the translucent red water of the Great Salt Lake in Utah, are the artistic ancestors of many new media projects ... Land art projects such as Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty (1970) on the translucent red water of the Great Salt Lake in Utah, are the artistic ancestors of many new media projects ... Land art projects such as Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty (1970) on the translucent red water of the Great Salt Lake in Utah, are the... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
1993? You cannot be serious ... Feb 25, 2009
I don t know if it s some vapor blowing off the Great Salt Lake, but whatever it it is, something is poisonous to Hawks teams in Utah. You are correct about tabling the Amare discussion. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Adam Gopnik: Damon Runyon’s guys and dolls. Feb 23, 2009
We read Runyon for sentences like this: If I have all the tears that are shed on Broadway by guys in love, I will have enough salt water to start an opposition ocean to the Atlantic and Pacific, with enough left over to run the Great Salt Lake out of business. And for paragraphs like these, at the beginning of Lonely Heart. (New Yorker)
Salt Lake City Feb 8, 2009
Utah s capital and major population center is small as far as American cities go, with a population of just over 180,000. But travelers come from around the world to visit magnificent Temple Square, world headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), and. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Oscar shows us his shorts Feb 7, 2009
PARK CITY, Utah -- Unless you count the remnant of an ancient sea today known as the Great Salt Lake, Ric O'Barry and Louie Psihoyos are more than a thousand miles from the nearest ocean. But onetime dolphin trainer O'Barry and former National Geographic photographer Psihoyos are here in the Utah mountains with a devastating and highly engaging documentary called "The Cove," which has played to standing ovations at Sundance and is likely to change what you think about humanity's relationship to... (Salon)
