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November 20th 2009

Spectacular Meteor Lights Up the Utah Skies

If you were hanging out outside in Utah on Wednesday night, chances are good that you witnessed a pretty rare astronomic event: a friggin’ huge meteor that lit up the entire sky. Clark Planetarium Director Seth Jarvis said the stony meteorite was probably traveling 80,000 miles an hour when it hit our atmosphere. He said…

Space & Spaceflight Adam Frucci Nov 20

August 29th 2009

Utah Now Punishes Texting While Driving With Up to 15 Years in Prison

The Senate may be trying to pass a federal ban on texting while driving, but Utah recently passed a much stronger bill: It views the act is inherently reckless and punishes it as harshly as drunk driving. Passed after a texting driver killed two scientists, the law would put texting while driving in the same…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz Aug 29

April 12th 2009

Conficker Worm Claims High Profile Victim: University of Utah

More than 700 med school computers at the University of Utah have fallen victim to the infamous Conficker worm. Gizmodo, we swear, had absolutely nothing to do with it. [AP via CNET]

Tech News Jack Loftus Apr 12

March 3rd 2008

MIT Students Go On Fake Mission to Mars in Utah

Zahra Khan and Phillip Cunio wanted to know what it’s like to live on Mars. So the two MIT aeronautics students took their spacesuits and freeze-dried food and headed to the Mars Society Desert Research Station near Hanksville, Utah, and checked themselves into a facility designed to simulate life on the red planet. They joined…

io9 LISA KATAYAMA Mar 3

April 18th 2007

That Synthetic Food of the Future (Ogden Standard-Examiner, 1926)

This cartoon appeared on page 10 of the Ogden Standard-Examiner (Ogden City, Utah) on September 19, 1926. In a clear homage to Dilbert, the boss in panel three screams, “It’s the second time this week you’ve taken four minutes for lunch!!” It seems like everyone’s stealing from Scott Adams these days. (Click on the cartoon…

Tech News Matt Novak Apr 18

Spectacular Meteor Lights Up the Utah Skies

Utah Now Punishes Texting While Driving With Up to 15 Years in Prison

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That Synthetic Food of the Future (Ogden Standard-Examiner, 1926)

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