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Video of the Day

Burmese python eats deer

Emmeline Blythe
By Emmeline Blythe
October 31, 2024 06:30 AM
(Conservancy of Southwest Florida)
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Breaking News

Church announces new BYU medical school

Emily May
By Emily May
July 29, 2024 12:00 AM
The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced a new medical school for Brigham Young University on Monday, July 29.
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Devotionals and Forums

Dean of Undergraduate Education speaks on navigating spiritual journeys

By Payton Pingree
July 09, 2024 12:00 AM
Richard Gill, the dean of Undergraduate Education and the BYU Biology Department chair, gave a devotional counseling students on how to navigate their spiritual journeys on Tuesday, July 9.
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Campus News

BYU biology professor receives 3-year National Science Foundation grant to research in Antarctica

By Joe Wirthlin
September 21, 2022 12:00 AM
BYU professor Byron J. Adams received a 3-year grant from the National Science Foundation to continue his study of microscopic organisms in soil from retreating glaciers.
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Local

Biologists’ fears confirmed on the lower Colorado River

By Associated Press
July 06, 2022 12:00 AM
DENVER (AP) — For National Park Service fisheries biologist Jeff Arnold, it was a moment he’d been dreading. Bare-legged in sandals, he was pulling in a net in a shallow backwater of the lower Colorado River last week, when he spotted three young fish that didn’t belong there. “Give me a call when you get this!” he messaged a colleague, snapping photos.
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Nation

Evolution conference seeks to reconcile religion and evolution

By Rachel Keeler
July 10, 2019 12:00 AM
Well-known anthropologist John Hawkes gives a presentation on evolution during a conference in the Bean Museum on March 14, 2019. The Evolution exhibit opened on March 23, 2019. (Jamie Jensen)
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Healthy Living

BYU research suggests exercise reverses cellular aging process

By Braden Lanham
June 28, 2017 12:00 AM
Professor Larry Tucker's research indicates people who frequently engage in intense physical activity have cells up to nine years younger than people who don't exercise. (Ari Davis)
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Campus Events

Annual Summerhays lecture puts evolution in an LDS context

By Anne-Greyson Long
September 28, 2016 12:00 AM
BYU biology professor Steven Peck discussed the relationship between faith and evolution in this year's Summerhays Lecture. LDS people should believe in both, Peck said. (Anne-Greyson Long)
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Campus Events

New director takes reins at Bean Museum

By Anne Taylor
September 12, 2016 12:00 AM
The Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum has experienced lots of changes in the last few years, including a new director.
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Healthy Living

Exercise science continues as BYU's most popular major

By Justin Elsbury
September 07, 2016 12:00 AM
Shelby Firouzi with a client at 'the bod pod.' Firouzi goes over the results of the test with each client which shows an assessment of his or her body composition. (Y Be Fit)
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Campus

BYU professor writes book examining evolution and faith

By Emilie Stiles
November 02, 2015 12:00 AM
The origin of man has almost always been a controversial conversation. People have disputed evolution and creation since Charles Darwin introduced the theory of evolution in 1859.
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Healthy Living

BYU study researches possible alternatives to plant fertilizer

By Sofie Greenbaum
October 08, 2015 12:00 AM
Rhizobia bacteria may be able to replace nitrogen-based fertilizers. (Mark A. Philbrick)
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Campus Events

Life Sciences Building dedicated by Elder Russell M. Nelson

By Nalia Tafua
April 10, 2015 12:00 AM
Elder Russell M. Nelson, of the Quorum of the Twelve of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dedicated BYU's new Life Sciences Building on Thursday, April 9.
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Featured

Professor moves to 'mobile office' in LSB elevator

By Jenna Koford
April 01, 2015 12:00 AM
BYU molecular biology professor Paul Evans set up his office inside an LSB elevator Wednesday, April 1. (Jenna Koford)
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