- Dancing galaxies and a dying double star are just some of the cosmic marvels spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope -- whose optical system was built in Colorado by Ball Aerospace. NASA revealed its first images this week, providing a glimpse at the never-before-seen-universe. University of Denver astronomy professor Jennifer Hoffman helps us understand the unprecedented images.
- A lunar eclipse will turn the full moon blood red, but it's also the first in a series of interesting celestial phenomena that will happen in the next few months. Astronomer Doug Duncan of CU Boulder talks about the lunar eclipse, a parade of planets and three super moons people will enjoy watching later this summer.
- Shutdowns due to COVID-19 changed work and schools overnight, with Zoom meeting and Google classrooms becoming the norms. The technology that's helped transform how we operate was created at CableLabs, a research facility in Louisville -- it's CEO, Phil McKinney, was recently named CEO of the Year by the Colorado Technology Association.
- Long-COVID may have something to teach us. Those lingering symptoms of muscle pain, brain fog, and exhaustion are familiar to people who haven't had COVID -- but who suffer from chronic fatigue-- people who're often told "it's all in their heads." Like Dr. Michael Gallagher, of Denver. He was a triathlete -- contracted a common virus -- seemed to get better -- but wound up bedridden. Gallagher's new book "Run Down" is out today. We spoke in December.
- The pandemic was especially hard on Black-owned businesses. They suffered three times the declines seen by other ethnic and racial groups. At the same time, a publication that supports Black businesses in Denver has been on hold since the first shutdown. But now it’s back. The 2022 edition of the Little Black Book launched last week. Carla Ladd is the publisher.
- Shieko Uno went to run an errand last December, and while she was out, her house burned to the ground. Uno is a piano teacher. The Marshall Fire reduced the home where she taught for nearly 30 years, and her pianos, to ashes. Like many other fire survivors, she's left with the clothes on her back, memories, and a desire to find consolation where she can.