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‘A worthless and impractical region’

Moab Sun News4 years ago3 years ago

Today beloved for its scenery and incredible landforms, the rugged canyon country around Moab once inspired disappointment and disdain in some early geologists and government surveyors. While on an early U.S. government expedition…

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Understanding the past, protecting the future: Science Moab talks to Kevin Madalena about Indigenous oversight in the sciences

Moab Sun News4 years ago3 years ago

To understand geologic time, you have to stretch your mind across knowledge sets and time scales — exactly what geologist and paleontologist Kevin Madalena has done as he’s worked to understand and defend…

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Science Moab talks to geologists about the “sound prints” of rock formations

Moab Sun News4 years ago3 years ago

The geological formations known as arches can be seen, touched, smelled, and even tasted, but did you know they could be heard? In fact, arches are constantly vibrating at specific frequencies below human…

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Science on screen: Event views popular film through a science lens

Rachel Fixsen4 years ago3 years ago

Are you the friend that everyone “shushes” at the movie theater as you call out plot holes and impossibilities in the story line? At Science Moab’s “Science on Screen” series, a panel of…

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