Science

During the past year, place names from the Grand Canyon have turned up on the surface of Mars. To find out why, author Scott Thybony sought out scientists from the Astrogeology Science Center in Flagstaff who’d been exploring the Martian surface.

The fossil was uncovered during recent excavation work at the Mile-and-a-Half Resthouse near the South Rim as part of the Transcanyon Waterline project. It's been identified as a Equisetalean strobilus.

The nominees for the 2024 Viola Awards have been announced. The annual event celebrates excellence in the arts and sciences. Panel members selected 42 finalists across 10 categories from nearly 150 nominees.

Flagstaff-based poet Larry Stevens is perhaps best known for his five-decade career as an ecologist and Grand Canyon river-runner. He's inspired to write as he’s exploring Arizona’s landscape and shares a piece called “Dinosaurs, Snow.”

New research confirms that fossil human footprints in New Mexico are likely the oldest direct evidence of human presence in the Americas.

The fossilized skeleton of a T. rex relative that roamed the earth about 76 million years ago will be auctioned off in New York this month. The Gorgosaurus was an apex carnivore that lived in what is now the western United States and Canada during the Late Cretaceous period.

Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory has announced the inaugural Percival Lowell Postdoctoral Fellowship for early-career scientists. It’s a four-year appointment for those pursuing independent research in astronomy, planetary sciences, instrumentation, and related fields.

It turns that out that spending a year in space can shrink your heart. A new study published this week examines the effects of weightlessness on the human…

A rock tumble at the Grand Canyon revealed fossil footprints that researchers say are among the oldest in the park. Steve Rowland is a geology professor…

Fans of the prickly pear cactus might be familiar with recipes for cactus jelly, cactus candy, and fried cactus pads or nopalitos. But how about a recipe…