A team of BYU researchers, backed by funding from the U.S. Figure Skating Association, have created a device that helps measure the impact of jumps on figure skaters — kind of like a FitBit for ice skating.

Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf, member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, spoke at Tuesday’s BYU Devotional. He spoke about listening to and learning from the voice of the Spirit. 

Research led by professor Tamara Masters finds people are willing to pay more for vice foods — think ice cream, cookies, and other unhealthy snacks — when a hero is used in the packaging.

President Kevin J Worthen and Sister Peggy S. Worthen welcomed students back to campus with the first devotional of the semester. They spoke about spiritual gifts and eternal identities.

The most-read BYU News of the year include Star Wars-inspired research, advice for parents, a new chocolate milk flavor and the DNA of a 7’6” basketball player.

Heart disease has been the leading cause of death in the United States for more than a century, ever since the early 1900s when it displaced acute diseases for the distinction. Now a growing number of states are crowning a new leading cause of death: cancer.