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Finding a midwinter night's roost
January 06, 2023
During the darkest days of Alaska's winter, black-capped chickadees stuff themselves with enough seeds and frozen insects to survive 18-hour nights.
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Report of frog's death greatly exaggerated
January 06, 2023
Things didn't look good for the five frozen wood frogs.
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Tuition-free girls' science, art expeditions seeking applicants
December 30, 2022
Inspiring Girls* Expeditions is inviting applications for summer 2023 tuition-free, backcountry science and art education programs.
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NASA and HAARP conclude asteroid experiment
December 29, 2022
A powerful transmitter in remote Alaska sent long wavelength radio signals into space Tuesday with the purpose of bouncing them off an asteroid to learn about its interior. Results of Tuesday’s experiment at the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program research facility at Gakona could aid efforts to defend Earth from larger asteroids that could cause significant damage.
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UAF to host New Year's Eve Sparktacular fireworks display
December 21, 2022
The University of Alaska Fairbanks will host the Fairbanks Curling Lions' 33rd annual Sparktacular celebration on Saturday, Dec. 31. Fireworks will be launched from UAF's West Ridge starting at 8 p.m.
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HAARP to bounce signal off asteroid in NASA experiment
December 21, 2022
An experiment to bounce a radio signal off an asteroid on Dec. 27 will serve as a test for probing a larger asteroid that in 2029 will pass closer to Earth than the many geostationary satellites that orbit our planet.
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In-person food preservation classes offered in Anchorage in January
December 19, 2022
Join Leif Albertson for a series of in-person, hands-on classes in January to learn how to preserve meat, poultry and game; can fish; pickle vegetables; and make homemade yogurt.
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Seabird deaths part of Arctic Report Card
December 19, 2022
What smart people predicted in 2006, during the first Arctic Report Card press conference, is still trending the same way: We are living in a much-warmer far north.
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UAF offices closed for the winter break
December 16, 2022
Most offices at the University of Alaska Fairbanks will close for the winter break from Dec. 23, 2022, to Jan. 2, 2023. Some offices will also close or have reduced hours Dec. 19-22 and Jan. 3-6.
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Project to study side-by-side food, solar energy production
December 16, 2022
A University of Alaska Fairbanks research team wants to find out how well one plot of Alaska land can produce both solar power and vegetables.
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Certified food protection manager training class set for February
December 14, 2022
The University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service will offer a certified food protection manager training on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023.
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What Alaskans can learn from the Arctic Report Card
December 13, 2022
Alaskans can learn much about their state in the 2022 Arctic Report Card released nationwide this week.
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#UAFxAGU highlights Arctic science discoveries
December 12, 2022
Scientists from the University of Alaska Fairbanks are presenting their work alongside thousands of colleagues from around the world at the 2022 American Geophysical Union fall meeting.
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Online series focuses on preserving Alaska's natural foods
December 12, 2022
Learn to safely preserve foods at home in a five-week series of online classes available statewide from Jan. 7 to Feb. 4.
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December museum programs focus on snow
December 02, 2022
The University of Alaska Museum of the North's December hands-on programs will focus on snow.
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