A four-part series on the benefits of meditation and mindfulness.

In astronomy, we rely heavily on visual information. Images from telescopes, graphs of light curves, plotted orbits, spectra and diagrams. Most of the ways we understand astronomy today are shown through these two-dimensional formats. It's almost always something we look at. But vision is only one way of interpreting information. From quantum physics to the largest structures in the universe, the underlying reality is governed by motion, frequency and structure.

Montrose authorities are investigating an unattended death at Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, while a missing woman was found safe on Owl Creek Pass. KVNF also examined unusually early runoff tied to drought and hot weather, and heard from Valley Food Partnership about upcoming agriculture events in Montrose County.

Your weekly regional science update.

Today's KVNF Regional Newscast covers

Today's KVNF Regional Newscast covers

Record-high spring temperatures are worrying skiers, ranchers and water managers

A new collaboration between Western Slope school districts and Homegrown Pathways is helping students explore careers, pitch ideas, and get real support while they are still in school — with the goal of helping more young people build futures close to home.

In western Oregon, the Bureau of Land Management proposes a new Resource Management Plan without a single public meeting and with one goal: To quadruple the logging volume on Western Oregon BLM forests, returning these public lands to the “robust” levels of the 1960s and 1970s.The plan would open nearly 2 million acres to clearcutting with no protections for remaining old-growth, writes Pepper Trail, and the public only has 30 days to provide comment.