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As fluoride comes under scrutiny, how a Colorado dentist first theorized it could help prevent tooth decay

By Andrea Dukakis

Warren Tech Firefighter Cadets CSI Students

Burning buildings, pig cadavers and a chance to solve a ‘crime’ — Warren Tech’s Fire Day gives students a unique way to learn

By Kiara DeMare

The U.S. Capitol

Government and Politics

As Colorado wrestles with how to regulate AI in business decisions, Congress moves to preempt the issue

By Bente Birkeland

Colorado Capitol dome in Denver

Government and Politics

Revise, delay or implement? The standoff over Colorado’s AI discrimination law

By Bente Birkeland

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Colorado’s crime lab has been in crisis. Here’s how another state fixed theirs

Monarch Butterflies Near Extinction

How to help endangered monarch butterflies on their migration through Colorado

By Arlo Pérez Esquivel

Electra CEO Sandeep Nijhawan

A Boulder-based startup wants to put Colorado at the center of a greener steel industry

CRIPPLE CREEK SCHOOL TURNAROUND

Some awards at Colorado high school science fairs cut after Trump administration slashes USAID funding

By Henry Larson

Ryan the robot at at Eaton Senior Communities

Life and Culture

Can a social robot named Ryan help older people feel less lonely?

By Andrea Dukakis

Gabe Wilson plays in his Denver living room. H's 2 years old, and has been diagnosed with Bloom Syndrome

‘We have everything on the line right now,’ Colorado families with complex medical needs worry as federal research cuts loom

A man in a purple button-down shirt stands in a scientific lab, holding a plant in front of him.

Colorado Wonders

Cannabis’ chemical properties hold promise and mystery

By Arlo Pérez Esquivel

A closeup of a mannequin in a spacesuit driving a prototype lunar rover

Amid geopolitical uncertainties, international leaders stress cooperation at Space Symposium

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A notorious, tree-chewing pest could be making a comeback in Colorado

University of Colorado College of Nursing researchers Dr. Samantha Stonbraker and Dr. Christine Rael

‘You can’t stop this work or you go backwards,’ Colorado HIV researchers whose federal funding is canceled say AIDS deaths will increase

By Rachel Estabrook

Researchers dressed casually stand near tepee-like structures on the campus of the University of Colorado

‘A real loss’: Boulder hosts Arctic research meeting, but US federal presence was muted by Trump directive

By Ishan Thakore

Oil pump jacks and storage in Colorado’s North Park

Colorado study suggests that proximity to oil and natural gas wells increases risk of childhood leukemia

By Ishan Thakore

From left, a man in a green shirt touches a seated woman's arm as they both look at a man holding a sheet of paper. They are all in a doctor's office exam room.

Parkinson’s patient finds hope in computerized advances to brain stimulation treatment

A room view of conference tables with black tablecloths forming a rectangle with 18 people sitting around them with large white name plates in front of them at the table

Colorado researchers warn of lost advances and a lost generation of scientists due to federal cuts

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