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"American Families of Faith Project" on Monday's Access Utah Apr 07, 2014

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A large body of social science research has found a number of correlations between religious belief and practice and a range of aspects of marriage and family life (e.g., marital happiness, stability, parent-child cohesion, positive youth outcomes). What is much less known are the processes at work in this area.

"Radiant or Ravaged" Images of Water on Thursday's Access Utah Apr 03, 2014

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We’ll merge science and art on Thursday’s AU. The Bear River Watershed Council has organized a photo exhibit called “Radiant or Ravaged.”

Should We Amend the Antiquities Act? On Wednesday's Access Utah Apr 02, 2014

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Under the 1906 Antiquities Act, U.S. Presidents have the power to unilaterally create National Monuments. President Obama used this power in March to add 1,665 acres to the California Coastal National Monument.

BASE Jumping On Tuesday's Access Utah Apr 01, 2014

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Three BASE jumpers have been killed in the last two months in Utah. BASE jumping, (BASE stands for “Building, Antenna, Span, Earth,”) The sport grew out of skydiving (some skydivers feel that BASE jumping gives their sport a bad image.) BASE jumping has started to gain a more mainstream following in the last fifteen years.

Utah Farmers Call for Immigration Reform on Monday's Access Utah Mar 31, 2014

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We’ve been talking to various groups with a stake in the immigration debate and Monday on AU, Utah farmers will have their say.

Conservation Writer Emma Marris On Friday's Access Utah Mar 28, 2014

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It is Natural Resources Week at Utah State University and the theme is "Go Wild, It's All Around you." Nature writer Emma Marris was a featured speaker during this week's celebration and she joins us today on the program to talk about the latest wave in conservation and her new book, The Rambunctious Garden, that is changing and challenging our traditional views of conservation.

Climate Change on Thursday's Access Utah Mar 27, 2014

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According to Reuters, a 29-page draft by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will warn that “Global warming will disrupt food supplies, slow world economic growth and may already be causing irreversible damage to nature” and “will also outline many ways to adapt to rising temperatures, more heatwaves, floods and rising seas.”

What are you Reading? On Wednesday's Access Utah Mar 26, 2014

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It’s time again to build a UPR reading list. We want to know what you’re reading, whether it’s fiction, non-fiction, classic literature, young adult or children’s books.

Can Coal Ever be Clean? Tuesday's Access Utah Mar 25, 2014

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Michelle Nijhuis writes in the April edition of National Geographic (“Can Coal Ever Be Clean?”) that “During the next two decades several hundred million people worldwide will get electricity for the first time, and if current trends continue, most will use power produced by coal...Coal, to use the economists’ euphemism, is fraught with “externalities”—the heavy costs it imposes on society.

Searching for Your Roots on Monday's Access Utah Mar 24, 2014

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Are you interested in learning your genealogy and researching your family's history? Have you already traced your lineage back hundreds of years? Or are you just beginning?

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