The world is a fascinating place. "Amborella trichopoda is understood to be the most basal extant flowing plant and its genome is anticipated to provide insights into the evolution of plant life on Earth....The Amborella Genome Project was able to …
Tenure and Student Success
Should faculty tenure be tied to student success? Accrediting bodies are increasingly requiring more of faculty, especially that faculty tenure should be tied to student learning success. Unfortunately, PhD programs provide next to no training on …
Regret Minimization Framework
At the last BYU Innovation Academy meeting last year, Professor Jeff Dyer of BYU presented his work from the Innovator's DNA. During the presentation he showed a video clip from Jeff Bezos of Amazon explaining his "Regret Minimization Framework". I …
Feathers were the exception rather than the rule for dinosaurs
Feathers were the exception rather than the rule for dinosaurs. Using databases, modern technology, and exhaustive meticulousness, paleontologists are rewriting what we know of dinosaurs. …
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What do the Builders of Zion Do After Zion is Built?
I've been reading some of my Mormon Pioneer ancestry history recently. It has been fascinating to learn of their lives, usually originating in Europe, as they sacrifice to make their way to America and then to Zion in the intermountain west. I was …
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How December 25 Became Christmas
An insightful article on Biblical Archaeology about the dating of Christmas and other Christian holidays. Some argue that Jesus was conceived on April 6, born on January 6, and crucified on April 6. Cyclical views of time where significant events …
