Dr. Bruce Greyson on Near Death Experiences
Stories of near-death experiences are not uncommon, but science generally dismisses them as tricks of the brain. But is dying really the end of consci...
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McKay Coppins On The Vultures Ravaging America's Newspapers
Newspapers across America have been struggling for years. Some of that can be chalked up to failing to adjust to the digital age. But then there’s the...
The State And Fate Of The Great Salt Lake, Part II
According to scientists who study it, the Great Salt Lake — the largest saltwater lake in the western hemisphere — is drying up.The lake has already r...
Brad Ricca On The Real Raiders Of The Lost Ark
The 1981 film Raiders of the Lost Ark is a cultural icon. Less known is the true story of the 1909 expedition lead by British nobleman Montagu Parker ...
Giulio Boccaletti On The History Of Water
In a new book, the climate scientist and writer Giulio Boccaletti makes the case that the history of human civilization is inextricably tied to one si...
More Than Green Jell-O: Utah's Food Traditions
We’re talking about Utah foodways this week. Plenty of places have distinctive culinary traditions, but what are Utah’s?
Eric Garcia on Autism: 'We’re Not Broken'
The title of journalist Eric Garcia’s book, We’re Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation , says it all: People with autism don’t need to be fixe...
‘Sagebrush Empire’ And The Battle Over Public Land
A war over public lands in the Western U.S. has been raging for decades. And the epicenter of that battle? According to journalist Jonathan Thompson, ...
How Do We Talk About The Painful Legacy Of Native American Boarding Schools?
In August, The Salt Lake Tribune reported that the bodies of Paiute children are likely buried on the property of a former Indigenous boarding school ...
Oliver Burkeman: How to Spend Four Thousand Weeks of Life
If each of us lives to be 80, we’ll have spent about four thousand weeks being alive on this planet — which isn’t really much time at all. So, how sho...