Meet OU's Donna Nelson - Chemist, Science Advisor for Breaking Bad
From 2008 to 2013, America was hooked on the AMC series Breaking Bad, a dark show about a chemistry teacher diagnosed with lung cancer who begins producing and selling crystallized methamphetamine to fund his treatment.
A Grand Last Day
Very few places in the world are as awe-inspiring as the Grand Canyon in Arizona. The extraordinary depths of this 277-mile canyon and the artistic swirls and colors of the mile-deep walls draw millions of people to the Grand Canyon National Park every year.
Giants, UFOs, Ghosts in the World's Most Desolate Place
The rain came from a single black cloud in the otherwise blue, featureless sky as we entered Death Valley.
Wildflowers of Stars - Mystery in Yosemite's Night Sky
I was lying on my back with my friend Heather, staring up at the impossibly dark night sky above Yosemite National Park.
The wildflowers of stars sparkled in that darkness, and we listened to a woman sing a long, sweet and mournful song about loss and the aching pain of missing someone.
When life hands you lemons… take them on the road - A cross-country trip to retrieve a car yields worries, answers that only travel brings
My friend and I were in California to steal a car.
OK, maybe “steal” is too harsh of a word. We were repossessing a car, a purple little Honda Fit that was an expensive reminder to me and should be for anyone reading this to never, ever, in your whole life, co-sign on anything for anyone.
Genomics opens opportunities in livestock industry, start ups
When Langston University Extension Research Specialist Dr. Yonathan Tilahun was a child, he was responsible for mucking out the stalls at the university’s E (Kika) de la Garza American Institute for Goat Research , one of the largest goat research facilities in the world.
Right to Farm Bill inspires strong support, rabid opposition on agriculture practices
Talk to supporters of the Right To Farm Bill that will be put before voters in November, and they’ll say the amendment protects agriculture from unfair regulations.
The Fire Gods of Carrier, Oklahoma
On Monday, the night sky above Oklahoma City’s Bricktown will erupt in an explosion of light, noise and music. Crowds of gaping mouths sighing “oooh” and “aah” accompany the bombastic display of colors that race into the sky, detonating into spectacles of sizzling brightness that paint the night with celebration and American pride.
Matisse Exhibit Comes to OKC
Henri Emile Benoît Matisse was born on Dec. 31, 1869, in a tiny weaver's cottage on the rue du Chêne Arnaud in the textile town of Le Cateau-Cambrésis.
On A Wing and a Prayer - Eagle Aviary Takes Flight With Tribal Traditions
Jennifer Randell of Shawnee didn’t know if Kyla would ever be a true wild bald eagle.
Kyla, a young female bald eagle, had been kept in a pet kennel for most of her young life in Montana.
Choctaw Code Talkers of WWI
October 1918 The Americans were losing World War I, the Great War, when 19 men from Oklahoma’s Choctaw Nation set foot in southern France to fight for a country that did not even recognize them as citizens.
Lesser Prairie Chicken Makes a Comeback
Though US Won't Appeal Court Rulings on Lesser Prairie Chicken, Conservation Efforts See Success In Habitat, Population Numbers By Heide Brandes
South Africa Safaris Beckon Visitors
I was riding in the spotter seat of the safari jeep, located on the hood of the vehicle, giggling wildly and screaming with joy as misty rain pummeled my face and our safari guide Mitchell sped 40 miles an hour down the rough dirt trails.
10 Things to Try in OKC This Year
As Eleanor Roosevelt once said, "The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience."
More than a Zoo - Oklahoma City Zoo Leads Conservation Efforts Locally and Globally
Elephants in Africa are facing threats daily thanks to poaching, dramatic loss of habitat, disease and more. In the past 25 years, the population of African elephants dropped from 1.6 million to less than 500,000.