Fighting flames

In the middle of a warm summer night, Steven Elsbury stood guard over flames that danced among the trees as a wildland fire scorched more than 300 acres of land […]

It’s a map thing

An agate is a microcrystalline form of quartz formed by a reaction between a volcano and water. Agates changed forever the lives of two Idaho geologists: Reed Lewis and Loudon […]

Soil Stewards fast at work

Top Romen and pizza are often a staple for college students, but University of Idaho ecology student Brita Olson, prefers a closer connection to her food. “I care about the […]

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Development in the dirt

Life blooms in a dark basement not far from Moscow’s Main Street. This year, 50 varieties of sprouting tomatoes reached toward grow lights and cuddled a dusty, electric heating pad […]

Where the cattails grow

Suppose you had a distant cousin. Suppose she had thick brown hair and dark, bright eyes. Maybe her teeth kind of stick out and she has an appreciation for woody […]

Above the ceiling

  Dead bugs lay visible in the light fixtures, the water-stained ceiling tiles are unmoved and fire alarm cables protrude from the walls along the halls of the College of […]

Falling for math

Over the years, University of Idaho math graduate student Jesse Oldroyd has developed a severe mistrust of threes. He likes fives much better, and feels that sevens are weird. Oldroyd, […]