Life on earth is for the dogs. There’s too much regulation, too few resources and it’s burning up besides. Better to pack up and leave for Mars. Or is it?

Is it Actually a Good Idea to Colonize Mars?

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Utah’s Republican conventions have always been rancorous and incredibly contentious. But according to one longtime observer, this year’s meeting was as nasty as it’s ever been.

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For the acclaimed writer and environmental activist Rick Bass, there are no hard lines between life, art and the natural world.

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In 1888, the daily Salt Lake Herald-Republican reprinted a story from a Canadian paper. The headline? That a family of whales was flourishing in the Great Salt Lake.

Is it Actually a Good Idea to Colonize Mars?

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