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Minor levels of ‘forever chemicals’ found in water samples taken in Leadville and Lake County

By Ishan Thakore

Tom Walla, wearing glasses and a black suit coat, stands at a lectern and delivers remarks into a microphone at an event in Brazil.

How a Colorado Mesa University-led team won a $5 million competition with car batteries and a lot of favors

Three people, including Emily Mooney, study alpine plants on a hillside in the mountains near Fairplay, Colorado.

Colorado Wonders

Where do Colorado’s foothills end and the mountains begin? Experts say it’s complicated

Yvonne "Missy" Wood

The CBI is retesting DNA after forensic scientist manipulated DNA in over 800 cases

Antonia the cloned black-footed ferret pops up through a hole in the floor of her enclosure and she looks at something just past the camera.

Endangered cloned ferret gives birth, in a first for conservation

By Ishan Thakore

Polaris Dawn astronauts are seen sitting side by side inside the Crew Dragon capsule. From left Anna Menon, Scott “Kidd” Poteet, Jared Isaacman, and Sarah Gillis.

Colorado astronauts return from historic mission with new appreciation for ‘gentle’ and ‘austere’ space

The Tsuchinshan-ATLAS comet is shown streaking through space near the Earth as seen from the International Space Station.

A rare comet last visible from Earth 80,000 years ago makes a return visit

By Michelle P. Fulcher

picture of a landscape in Hawaii with a rainbow misting in front.

Corneal transplant recipients display vision through photographic exhibit

By Elaine Tassy

Edwin Zoe, the owner and founder of Zoe Ma Ma and Dragonfly Noodle.

Why electric restaurants could be the key ingredient for cities trying to ditch fossil fuels

An exam room inside the Evans Medical Center in University Hills

New report predicts health care worker shortages in Colorado, with less populated areas suffering more

A brain scan

How rheumatoid arthritis and Down syndrome are helping researchers find treatments for Alzheimer’s

By Andrea Dukakis

What's left of an EV after a fire on I-25.

EVs aren’t more likely to ignite, but Colorado firefighters are adapting to the challenge of burning batteries

By Ishan Thakore

A man in a winter hat speaks to a circle of people bundled up as if for winter, in a warehouse.

How one Colorado program is training health professionals on the front line of the climate crisis

Exploring dinosaur tracks in Ouray

The longest track of dinosaur footprints is now public. We got a tour with the grown-up boy who discovered them

wearing matching pajamas, a family of three pose with a toddler in the arms of her brother, with their mother on the right.

New guidelines clear the way for HIV-positive people to breastfeed

By Elaine Tassy

A group of workers sorting ears of corn with the sun shining low on the horizon.

Farmers work to save an iconic crop by teaming up and trying new tools — including moths with an STD

Three educators in front of a whiteboard create a "driving questions board" with sticky notes during an inquiryHub workshop.

New, open-source science curriculum out of CU has high school students learning through real-world situations and puzzles

By Jenny Brundin

Two hands cup together to hold a wooden tiny round bowl that has a single white pill in it.

Tinctures, chocolates and more: The future of Colorado’s psychedelic industry is coming into focus

By Andrew Kenney

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