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Students walk on the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022.Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News December is crunch time for admissions at the University of Utah.Once the Dec. 1 early action deadline passes, some 50 application readers — full-time staff and “seasonal” workers — have approximately five weeks to review and process thousands of applications in time to get prospective first-year students’ acceptance letters in the mail by Jan. 15.It’s intense.It’s also nothing like what you may think after reading coverage of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision this week in Students for Fair Admissions...

There's as little agreement about World UFO Day as there is about the alien lifeforms that may (or may not) pilot them. Some look to the stars on June 24, the day in 1947 when a pilot claimed to see "flying saucers" over Mount Rainier, while others await first contact on July 2, the day that same year when something crashed in the New Mexico desert near Roswell. But for those who believe the truth is out there, the goal is the same: to raise awareness that humans may not be alone in the universe. To mark World UFO Day...

Michelle Budge, Deseret News School’s out for summer — but the learning hasn’t ended in the Gannaway home. Jenny Gannaway, a 37-year-old stay-at-home mom, keeps her four children disciplined during the summer months. In the morning, after breakfast, the eldest, age 11, is required to do online studies via Khan Academy, Brain Quest workbooks, piano and Duolingo Spanish lessons; Gannaway’s 9-year-old follows the same regimen. Her 6-year-old, however, has an “easier schedule,” said Gannaway and, every day, she reads with her 4-year-old. “I just don’t want them to lose what they’ve learned from the previous year,” said Gannaway, referring to a phenomenon known...

Indiana Jones is riding into the sunset. Or is he? In Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, it really looks like this is the last adventure for Harrison Ford’s loveable archeologist with a whip. But, now that the movie is actually out, you may have some questions about everything that happened. From the backstory of Indy and Marion’s son to the time travel to the past, to the final shot of the movie, The Dial of Destiny leaves some threads artfully frayed. Like real life, not everything is tidy at the end of this Indiana Jones adventure. Still, let’s...

Discussions about artificial intelligence have proliferated recently as more people have access to programs that can make art or answer questions. In the health care industry, the move to using AI already is well underway. Dr. Jose Morey, an Eastern Virginia Medical School radiologist, has been an AI consultant for the White House Office of Science and Technology and the United Nations and has been involved with NASA initiatives. For example, NASA iTech evaluated a fully autonomous surgical robot being developed to perform appendix removals and similar types of surgeries. Public health predictions, streamlining administration and new drug discovery are...