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Ashley Strickland, CNN

Next launch attempt of Artemis I set for Tuesday, but could delay due to tropical depression

The Artemis I rocket will get its third launch attempt on Tuesday, September 27, but Tropical Depression Nine could change that.
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Google googled phrases...
Aubri Wuthrich

A Google analysis shows which words are the most confusing to Americans

Americans use Google to define terms that are confusing for them, this study shows which terms are most commonly searched.
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DWR law enforcement truck pictured. The Utah DWR will use drones to help with wildlife management...
Britt Johnson and Elizabeth Weiler

Utah Division of Wildlife Resources launches new drone law enforcement team

Utah has created its new drone law enforcement team, designed to get a better look at wildlife crimes like poaching and trespassing. 
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emoticon history...
Jennifer Korn, CNN Business

The 40-year evolution from :-) to 😂, what emojis offer that words can’t

Today there are more than 3,600 emojis available for users to express their every emotion and effectively give our words a deeper meaning.
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James Webb Space Telescope...
Ashley Strickland, CNN

Webb telescope shares its first observations of bright Mars

The James Webb Space Telescope's main goal is to detect faint light from distant galaxies, but it recently observed one of the brightest objects in the night sky: Mars.
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Peiter Zatko, known as Mudge in the computer hacking community, testifies before the Senate Judicia...
Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business

Why deleting something from the internet is ‘almost impossible’

Most people may live out their digital lives with the assumption they can delete their posts, messages and personal data from services whenever they choose. A tech hearing this week threw that core assumption into question.
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Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson spoke Friday at a celebration in Blanding of the electrification of ...
Mark Jones

Leaders celebrate Westwater electrification, eyeing bright future.

Officials from around the state on Friday celebrated the transformation of the Westwater electrification.
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Utah is number ten in the nation for most money lost by victims by cybercrime....
Mark Jackson

Utah is 22nd in the nation for cybercrimes, 10th for most money lost by victims

A national survey of over 1.000 showed that over half of Utah residents have been a victim of some kind of cybercrime.
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A USPS collection box....
Mark Jones

United States Postal Service readying for the 2022 holiday season

Preparations for the 2022 holiday season are already underway for the United States Postal Service.
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Canyons School District offices are pictured in Sandy. A teacher from the district has been selecte...
Mark Jones

Utah teacher picked for NASA-affiliated teacher-training program

Utah teacher Jennifer Muir, a science educator at Draper Park Middle School, left Monday for a five-day NASA-affiliated teacher-training program, the Canyons School District said.
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NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 20: The Harvest Moon sets behind the Statue of Liberty before sunrise on S...
Megan Marples and Ashley Strickland, CNN

The harvest moon will glow an eerie orange color as it rises in the sky. Here’s how to watch

If you need a sign other than pumpkin spice lattes that fall is in the air, look no further than the harvest moon. Stargazers can view the moon beginning around sunset on Friday, and it will peak at 5:59 a.m. ET Saturday, according to NASA.
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social media platform twitter is pictured on a phone, a social media bill is working its way throug...
Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business

Apple’s latest products and features take aim at our greatest fears

If you only tuned into the opening of the Apple iPhone event this week, you might have wondered whether you were watching an emergency first responder training session.
4 years ago
A man works on a power pole, RMP just reported a power outage in salt lake city...
Lindsay Aerts

Utah’s power grid stressed but no rolling blackouts necessary, RMP says

Rocky Mountain Power says while Utah's power grid is stressed, the state is not the verge of experiencing rolling blackouts as is the case in California.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA - AUGUST 30:  NASA's Artemis I rocket sits on launch pad 39-B at Kennedy Sp...
Ashley Strickland and Jackie Wattles, CNN

Artemis I’s next launch attempt may not happen until later this year

Artemis I had been slated to take off Saturday afternoon, but those plans were scrubbed after team members discovered a liquid hydrogen leak.
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NASA launch lingo...
Ashley Strickland, CNN

What the words you’ll hear during the moon mission launch really mean

What do "L minus" and "T minus" and "a hold" and " a burn" and "a go" mean? Here is how you can understand NASA launch lingo.
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Artemis unmanned nasa mannequin in space...
CNN

Meet Cmd. Moonikin Campos, the “man” along for the Artemis I ride

Three human-like beings will be aboard NASA's unmanned Space Launch System Rocket when it hurls itself into space on Saturday.
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NASA's next-generation moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) , with its Orion crew capsule on ...
Ashley Strickland, CNN

Artemis I launch team is ready for another ‘try’ on Saturday

The Artemis I launch team is eyeing Saturday as the day to give it another try.
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google misinformation...
Brian Fung, CNN

Google reveals how it will combat misinformation ahead of midterms

Google plans to launch a new tool in the coming weeks that highlights local and regional journalism about campaigns and races,
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artemis cost...
Simone Seikaly

Are the Artemis moon missions worth the cost?

The cost of the Artemis project, so far, is more than $30 billion, and there are at least two more scheduled launches.
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social media platform twitter is pictured on a phone, a social media bill is working its way throug...
Clare Duffy, CNN Business

Twitter is finally testing an edit button

The announcement came the same day the company announced that it would add Elon Musk to its board, and after he polled his followers about whether they'd like an edit button on the platform.
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A Google Fiber conduit is laid in Sandy on Tuesday, July 26, 2022....
Adam Small

Lehi City set to break ground on new fiber network

The new fiber network in Lehi will break ground next week. The network should bring higher internet speed to the area.
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M74 shines at its brightest in this combined optical/mid-infrared image, featuring data from both t...
Zoe Sottile, CNN

NASA releases stunning new image of the Phantom Galaxy

The Phantom Galaxy, formally known as M74, is a kind of spiral galaxy known as a "grand design spiral." This means that it has well-defined spiral arms, visibly winding out from the center in the newly released images.
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Heber remote workers...
Simone Seikaly

Heber has one of the highest rates of remote workers in the country

Heber ranks number seven in the number of remote workers, behind cities in Massachusetts, Minnesota, California, Colorado, and Oregon.
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Rocks and vegetation cover Highway 70 following a landslide in the Dixie Fire zone on Sunday, Oct. ...
Adam Smalls

Scorpions thrive after southern Utah’s recent rainstorms

SAINT GEORGE, Utah — Residents in Saint George are seeing more scorpions during monsoon season.  The arthropods appear to be popping up more and more down South. Southern Utah University Biology Professor Bill Heyborne tells St. George News scorpions tend to burrow underground to hide from the daytime sun, but, during monsoon season, they tend […]
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