Surprisingly, the end of the “Little Ice Age,” a more than 500 year-long cold climatic period and the start of a much warmer modern climatic period are closely synchronized with the Pioneer Trek to the Great Salt Lake Basin under the leadership of the Prophet Brigham Young. The pioneers considered being able to plant, grow, and harvest sufficient food for the 4,400 saints in 1848 in the valley a miracle. This miracle included the remarkable battle between the “Mormon Crickets” and the Seagulls.
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How the Impossible Became Possible: “Close up” picture finally taken of massive black hole
In what was previously deemed impossible, an actual picture has been taken of a supermassive black hole in the center of a giant galaxy 55 million light years away. It was made possible by creating and using a tightly linked network of radio telescopes located all the way from Hawaii to the South Pole. Just the computer processing alone of the data took more than two years.
Ultima Thule Looks Like: World of Imagination
President M, Russell Ballard has often declared how the millions of stars that can be visible on a cold dark winter’s night direct his attention to the Lord’s words to Moses: “And worlds without number have I created; and I also created them for mine own purpose; and by the Son I created them, which is mine Only Begotten” (Moses 1:33). “In our day the Hubble deep-space telescope has confirmed the magnitude of what Moses saw."
The Surprising Insight that Quantum Physics Can Add to Our Understanding of Repentance
The Lord says he will remember our sins no more, but how can an omniscient God forget? He knows all things and is not bound by time, so how can he ever forget anything? I cannot claim to understand quantum physics, but one day while reading, I found something that has evoked much thought and wonder! It was about quantum physics and the mysterious stuff we call “light” and its implications about reality; past, present, and future.
Miracles Among the Stars: Spacecraft Overcomes Obstacles in Historic Exploration Beyond Pluto
This mission demonstrates the dramatic coordinated use of inventions, space and earth based telescopes and other instruments, to say nothing of programming, networks, communications, and engineering applications across vast areas of space. All these things together in this example show the intelligence and power that mere humans can now use. We well should ask: “If our coordinated intelligent efforts can do so much, what then is God able to do?”
How BYU’s Rocketry team broke a Guinness World Record and won $30,000
The BYU team not only won $30,000 from the competition, but broke a Guinness World Record by launching their rocket 883 feet in the air, twice as high as the previous record held by the University of Minnesota.
BYU Research offers hope for simpler cancer diagnosis and treatment
Monitoring cancer can often be an intrusive and exhausting process for patients. But with BYU chemistry professor Ryan Kelly’s new research, there is hope for a simpler way: No more biopsies. No more spinal taps. Instead, patients may be able to take a simple blood test to diagnose, monitor and tailor appropriate therapies for various cancers.
How My Grandfather, Hugh B. Brown, Saved Me
Witnessing Christ: Personal Accounts of Teenagers Beholding the Savior
T.C. Christensen’s New Film on “The Best Church History Story You’ve Never Heard of”
Meridian’s Come, Follow Me Podcast (All Episodes)
I Went to a Socialism Conference. Here Are My 6 Observations.
VIDEO: Internet Sensation Claire Crosby, Now 6 Years Old, Sings ‘Consider the Lilies’
Church announces replacement for Boy Scouts, Personal Progress: ‘Children and Youth’
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Witnessing Christ: Personal Accounts of Teenagers Beholding the Savior
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Latter-day Saint Movie Review: How Does “The Lion King” Compare to the Original?
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If God Loves Me, Why Is Life So Hard?
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Come, Follow Me for Individuals and Families: Acts 16-21, “The Lord Had Called Us for to Preach the Gospel”
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Contempt is Keeping Us from Becoming ‘a More Perfect Union’
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Meeting My Grandma Goddard
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Apostle Throws First Pitch for Dodgers
