Does Mars Have Marsquakes? Colorado-Built InSight Spacecraft Wants To Know
The InSight lander is scheduled to launch Saturday on a mission to the Red Planet.
By Nell London
What It’s Like To Be On The Front Lines Of School Safety
Officer Jason Gallardo, who works at Littleton High School, talks about his experiences in these times of heightened fears.
By Nell London
Colorado Teens Are Among The Nation’s Top Scientists
They won a combined $230,000. They tell Colorado Matters details about their projects, as well as their motivations, and what comes next.
By Nell London
How A New Broadband Subsidy Could Help Rural Colorado
For the one in four rural households in the state without high speed internet, homework, working from home, and even medical care are more difficult.
By Nell London
Proclamations From The Ponderosa Pine: Hearing ‘The Songs Of Trees’
Biologist David George Haskell recorded 12 trees from around the world for his book, “The Songs of Trees.” Two of them were in Colorado.
By Nell London
Why The Space Arms Race Is Heating Up In Colorado Springs
Protecting military satellites is the National Space Defense Center’s first order, but some wonder if it’s the first step toward a military space force.
By Nell London
Why Finding The First Stars In Our Universe Puts Us Closer To The Big Bang
Doug Duncan, the director emeritus of the Fiske Planetarium in Boulder, says the discovery may be the most significant find in astronomy since gravitational waves.
By Nell London
Mona Kline Tells Of Surviving A 1979 School Shooting, And How It Shaped Her Life
She was a 12-year-old student at Grover Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego when a teenager opened fire, killing two and wounding nine others.
By Nell London
The White Elephants, An All-Black Team, Once Ruled Denver Baseball
Formed in 1915 by the man who ran the historic Rossonian Hotel in Five Points, the semi-pro team won two Denver city championships.
By Nell London
Ostomy Pouches Carry A Lot Of Stigma. A Fort Collins Author Wants To Change That
Lois Fink of Fort Collins lost her colon to Crohn’s disease. She writes about her new life in “Courage Takes Guts: Lessons Learned from a Lost Colon.”
By Nell London
Former Olympian Wants USOC Changes After The Gymnastics Sex Abuse Scandal
Nancy Hogshead-Makar is now a lawyer, and the founder of Champion Women, a legal advocacy group for girls and women in sports.
By Nell London
A Colorado Company Uses Rice Waste To Generate Power In India
More than 70 million people in the Indian state of Bihar live with unreliable electricity, or none at all. Manoj Sinha’s Husk Power Systems offers a solution.
By Nell London
This Black Hole Burped. Twice.
A black hole 800 million light years from Earth chowed down on a bunch of galaxy gas, expelled another cloud of gas in a cosmic “burp,” then rested. Then, it did it again.
By Nell London
This Black Hole Burped. Twice.
A black hole 800 million light years from Earth chowed down on a bunch of galaxy gas, expelled another cloud of gas in a cosmic “burp,” then rested. Then, it did it again.
By Nell London
President Trump Wants Americans Back On the Moon. What That Means For Colorado and Science.
The new policy is a “moon first” approach, reversing the Obama-era goal of heading directly to Mars. Boulder astronomer Doug Duncan says the moon has its advantages.
By Nell London
Artificial Muscles Developed At CU Could Mean We’re Closer to Building A Bionic Person
They are flexible and strong, and like a human muscle can throw a ball, lift heavy groceries and delicately grasp a raspberry.
By Nell London