Jordan Strickler

University of Kentucky

New UK program uses equine research to grow the next generation of scientists

By: Jordan Strickler

Stable to STEM will bring undergraduate students to Lexington each summer for a nine-week, in-residence research and Extension experience built around the horse. Photo by Chris Floyd.

University of Kentucky

UK researchers explore new way to protect trees from invasive diseases

By: Jordan Strickler

Laurel wilt can kill a sassafras tree in just a few weeks. UK Researchers are hoping to change that. Photo by Ellen Crocker.

ZME Science

A SpaceX Rocket Smashed Into the Moon and NASA Got an Incredible Look at the Crater

By: Jordan Strickler

Six days after a Falcon 9 upper stage slammed into the lunar surface, NASA's orbiting camera caught the aftermath.

The Bellingham Herald

University Of Kentucky Using Horses To Get College Students Interested In Science, Research

By: Jordan Strickler

"These animals are already woven into Kentucky's identity and might also be the ones that draw its next scientists, researchers and Extension professionals.".

University of Kentucky

Mule helps scientists build the clearest horse and donkey genomes yet

By: Jordan Strickler

A mule’s unique combination of horse and donkey DNA helped UK researchers and their colleagues build the most complete reference genomes yet for both species. Adobe Stock photo.

ZME Science

Moon Dust May Be Hiding a 100-Million-Year Record of Exploding Stars

By: Jordan Strickler

Thanks to our Moon, astronomers can learn more about supernovae and past stars.

ZME Science

Where is the coldest place in the universe?

By: Jordan Strickler

The coldest place in the Universe is the Boomerang Nebula, where temperature reaches only 1 degree Kelvin. However, humans have achieved much colder temperatures in the lab.

ZME Science

Earth’s Core Could Be Hiding the Equivalent of up to 45 Oceans of Water

By: Jordan Strickler

Deep Earth conditions created in a lab reveal the core is chemically packed with hydrogen.

SAMMY A. CAVES, D.M.D., P.C.

Mule Helps Scientists Build The Clearest Horse And Donkey Genomes Yet

By: Jordan Strickler

A mule has helped researchers build the most complete reference genomes to date for horses and donkeys, giving scientists access to complex regions of DNA that earlier versions could not fully capture.

ZME Science

China Could Beat the US to Mars Samples and Trigger a New Sputnik Moment

By: Jordan Strickler

This could be another Sputnik moment. Only this time the finger is pointed at China instead of the USSR.