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Buy Now Pay Later – Enticement or Addiction?
Buy Now Pay Later – is this lending service simply enticing, or is it addictive? For the GenZ 20 somethings that are its biggest users, is Buy Now Pay Later a danger or a deal? CU Boulder student…
Women’s Health Pt. III: Menopause & the Brain
Estrogen on the brainCredit: Mosconi Lab The Brain on Menopause (start time: 01:24) In this week’s show, we offer the finale of our three-part series on menopause and women’s health. We focus on a…
A Brain Circuit That Switches Acute to Chronic Pain
On this week’s How on Earth, Beth talks with neuroscientist and chronic pain researcher Jayson Ball. He recently completed a study of a novel brain circuit involved in generating chronic pain. Since…
Conserving Imperiled Prairie Dogs, Raptors & Their Grasslands
White-tailed Prairie Dogs Credit: Rich Reading Preserving prairie dog+raptor ecosystem (start time: 5:03) Spring has just begun, even if winter hardly visited Colorado. On the plains, prairie dog…
Pollinator Power & Precarity
Photo credit: Butterfly Pavilion The Power of Precarity of Pollinators (start time: 8:01) This extremely warm winter in Colorado has delivered early spring blooms, and thus early appearances of some…
The Scale of the Universe
How big is the universe – not just in the scale of distance but also the scale of time? What do those…astronomical…scales mean about us humans on Earth and how can we understand and measure such…
Winter Recreation in a Warmer World
On this week’s How on Earth, we hear from a climate scientist about the implications of our changing weather patterns for winter recreation. It’s a warm, dry winter, throughout the Rocky Mountain…
What do Grasslands Have to do with Climate Change?
From Science MOAB We hear an interview aired by our sister community radio station’s, Science MOAB. Ecologist Brooke Osborne talks about how dryland ecosystems – such as the grasslands east of…
Women’s Health Pt. II: Heart Health
Image credit: American Heart Association Truths & Tips About Women’s Heart Health (start time: 7:33) February is American Hearth Month, a nationwide observation spotlighting cardiovascular…
Women’s Health Pt. I: Menopause, etc.
New Rules of Women’s Health (start time: 6:26) If you’re female, you may have come of age reading the landmark feminist health book Our Bodies, Ourselves. Originally published in the 1970s, it…
Hepatitis B Vaccination: Just the Facts
On today’s science show we hear from vaccine researchers Rochelle Walensky and Angela Ulrich, and physician/scientist Peyton Thompson, about the safety and efficacy of the hepatitis B vaccine. This…
Water Your Winter Trees
Newly planted trees and evergreens ESPECIALLY need extra winter water. Photo cc City of Boulder Water your trees! This warm, dry winter means urban trees need extra water to stay healthy. City of…
Improving Law Enforcement Behavior through Artificial Intelligence
Renee Good — footage filmed by ICE agent who fatally shot her a moment later. We speak with experts about how artificial intelligence combined with Police Body Camera footage improved professionalism…
Colorado’s Wildlife Action Plan, etc.: Pt. II
Black-footed ferret Photo credit: Richard Reading Protecting Wolves, ferrets, prairie dogs, vultures, etc. (start time: 3:39) How effective are Colorado’s efforts to preserve vulnerable species –…
Colorado’s Wildlife Action plan: Pt. I
Credit: Colorado Parks and Wildlife Wolves, bears, prairie dogs and more (start time: 7:12) A couple of months ago, the Colorado Parks and Wildlife agency released a plan to support biodiversity and…
Coral: Past, Present, Future
In this week’s show Beth speaks with science writer, educator, and scientist Dr. Lisa Gardiner about her recent book Reefs of Time: What Fossils Reveal about Coral Survival. Lisa studied the fossil…
Wind: It’s Past & Future
Credit: Harper The Force of Wind (start time: 7:10) For those living here on Colorado’s Front Range, you’ve likely had close encounters with wind — whether you’ve witnessed in fear branches snapping…
World Domination…by Slime Molds?
On today’s show, Beth speaks with award-winning science writer Jennifer Frazer about her upcoming book: The Slime Mold’s Guide to World Domination: A Natural Mystery. The book is a funny natural…
Critical Earth Minerals Hiding in Plain Sight – Elizabeth Holley
Elizabeth Holley cc Colorado School of Mines Critical Earth Minerals Hiding in Plain Site – Colorado School of Mines professor Elizabeth Holley shares how the US could break its dependency on…
Better Steam//CU-Boulder at World Climate Conference
Todd Bandhauer with heat pump – cc CSU Great Steam . . . from a Heat Pump (starts 1:00) Time Magazine named CSU Engineer Todd Bandhauer one of 2025’s top climate innovators. His heat pump makes…
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