Wood rats lost their favorite juniper snack more than 10,000 years ago when climate change dried the Mojave Desert, forcing them to adapt their diets. Now the projected speed of global warming could make adaptation more difficult for animals.

A construction worker fell 30 feet at a construction site in Research Park on Monday.

A rancher in Washington County found U student Zach Ruble's car engulfed in flames Thursday.

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Although senior Kristina Baskett won her eighth all-around competition of the season Saturday night, the most valuable performers of the night might have been Mackie and fellow sophomore Jacquelyn Johnson, alongside freshman Stephanie McAllister.

Whether you're a sports fan or not, baseball is analogous to spring, just as Bruce Springsteen and apple pie are to America. I can't think of a better reason to be excited for spring, unless of course multiplying bunnies and fuzzy yellow duckies are your thing.

Tyler Hansbrough, Ty Lawson and North Carolina won a national championship a season or more in the making, stomping out Michigan State's inspirational run Monday night with an 89-72 blowout that wasn't even that close.

It is time to start hammering and putting some miles under your feet. If you need advice or tools, a local bike collective can help. You can find the U Bike Collective at their bike hut across from the Utah Museum of Fine Arts or the Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective at their main store on 2312 S. West Temple.

Unless users find a way to balance the real world with "World of Warcraft," or any other game, people will find they've neglected their children, their spouses and their jobs. Students, who might not have any of those things to begin with, might be further away from getting them. They'll at least find that they've thrown thousands of tuition dollars down the drain.

DeChristopher spoke at a rally Saturday where he suggested hunger strikes and "all out stalking" Utah Rep. Jim Matheson to produce environmental friendly legislation in Congress. Both at the rally and beforehand, DeChristopher was critical of the progress made by Utah's environmentalist groups in favor of a more radical approach.