(KCPW/ Explore Utah Science) Batteries that power our electronic devices contain heavy metals and other materials that are toxic to the environment. A new battery technology inspired by biology, bio-batteries, overcomes many of these problems. The technology may one day lead to biodegradable batteries that store energy more efficiently than today’s heavy duty lithium-ion batteries.…
The enormous landslide at the Kennecott Copper Mine last year was likely the largest non-volcanic slide in North American history, and the first known to have triggered earthquakes. We’ll speak to the authors of a new study on the slide by University of Utah Scientists published earlier this week. Plus, your local headlines.
The legalization of Pot in Colorado weighed against the potential banning of Pop in schools, and gay marriage is illegal again
Natalie, Jim and Greg discuss the biggest political stories of 2013, predictions for the new year, and their year-end gripes.
The idea of a convention headquarters hotel in downtown Salt Lake has been discussed for decades. This would be a large new hotel, across from the Salt Palace Convention Center and could help to attract new convention business to the city. We’ll look at this issue with Scott Beck, President and CEO of Visit Salt…
Today on the show we feature the next in our monthly series of conversations with Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker. We’ll look at the mayor’s State of the City Address, same-sex marriage, development in Salt Lake’s downtown, and more. Plus, your daily news summary.
The State of Utah has said that it will not recognize the marriages of same-sex couples who were married after a federal judge struck down Utah’s ban on gay marriage last month. As a result same-sex couples married in Utah between that December 20th decision and the order on Monday by the US Supreme Court…
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: Jan. 8, 2014) – John de Graaf is a filmmaker, activist, and co-author of Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic (2001) and What’s the Economy For, Anyway?: Why It’s Time to Stop Chasing Growth and Start Pursuing Happiness (2011). He also founded the organization Take Back Your Time, that examines…
John Herbert is the Program Director of Utah Digital Newspapers at the University of Utah’s J. Willard Marriott Library. For the past 11 years, he and his staff have been scanning collections of old Utah newspapers, and making them freely available for the public online. We’ll speak to John about the collection and his work,…
(KCPW News) Every few months, the Rocky Mountain Gun Show comes to Sandy’s South Towne Expo Center. In fact, you may have noticed advertisements for the show this January. If you’re unfamiliar with what happens at a gun show, it’s mostly self-explanatory: it’s an exhibition of guns, ammunition, and other related paraphernalia. Gun shows have…
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