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Biology

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2012

    Flying Monsters looms large at the IMAX 3-D Theater: A Q&A with DMNS curator Joe Sertich

    Look! Up in the air! It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's a pterosaur! A what? When we think of prehistoric flying things, it's usually the more well-known feathered dinosaurs, such as archeopteryx, that we conjure in our minds. But the pterosaur, which reached unbelievable sizes and was related more ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2011

    Dino-bots! A preview of the T. Rex Encounter at DMNS

    ​The first thing you're going to want to do when you walk into the T. Rex Encounter exhibit at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, which opens today, is run up to the gigantic, robotic Tyrannosaurus rex. The problem is, the second you do that, the T. rex will roar at you and despite the f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2011

    Shroomfest keynote speaker Paul Stamets on mycelium and Merry Pranksters

    Whoa...​The author of six books on mushroom identification, cultivation and their many incredible uses, renowned mycologist Paul Stamets has studied fungi for over thirty years. We caught up with Stamets, who is the keynote speaker at this year's Telluride Mushroom Festival (known informally a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2011

    We talk with the DMNS Curator of Health Sciences about Gattaca

    ​Tomorrow evening brings the final entry in the Denver Museum of Nature and Science's Sci-Fi Film Series at the Phipps Theater, with Gattaca closing the sequence out with a biological bang. As we have been doing lately, we caught up with the DMNS' Curator and Department Chair of Health Science ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 3, 2011

    The Scent of a Man

    ​Tomorrow evening brings the final entry in the Denver Museum of Nature and Science's Sci-Fi Film Series at the Phipps Theater, with Gattaca closing the sequence out with a biological bang. As we have been doing lately, we caught up with the DMNS' Curator and Department Chair of Health Science ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2010

    Il Mondo Vecchio's Mark DeNittis on fat sausages, scrawny chicken feet and breasts

    Lori Midson ​ Mark DeNittis Il Mondo Vecchio 1174 South Cherokee Street 303-744-6328 mondovecchio.net I dig this job, and I'm having a blast," says Mark DeNittis, knocking back another swig from a bottle of Peroni, his beer of choice. In front of him is a plate of salumi, pulled from the mea ... More >>

  • Music

    July 8, 2010

    The unpretentious, gentle manner of Married in Berdichev's Brittany Gould gives little indication as to the intensity of her art

    Lori Midson ​ Mark DeNittis Il Mondo Vecchio 1174 South Cherokee Street 303-744-6328 mondovecchio.net I dig this job, and I'm having a blast," says Mark DeNittis, knocking back another swig from a bottle of Peroni, his beer of choice. In front of him is a plate of salumi, pulled from the mea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2010

    No excuses: My genes made me do it

    ​Suzanne C. O'Neill, an assistant professor with the Cancer Control Program at Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University, has co-authored a study whose finding is the non-surprising: We'll use any excuse we can. Her research found that the least healthy people surveyed exc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2009

    CU study: Your shower may be trying to kill you

    Here comes... death!​Oh, great -- another modern convenience that could be speeding us toward an early grave. Who knew that a shower without Norman Bates might be just as potentially lethal as one with him? According to a just-released study overseen by CU-Boulder prof Norman Pace, 30 percent ... More >>

  • News

    September 10, 2009

    Get on the Art Bus on First Fridays

    Here comes... death!​Oh, great -- another modern convenience that could be speeding us toward an early grave. Who knew that a shower without Norman Bates might be just as potentially lethal as one with him? According to a just-released study overseen by CU-Boulder prof Norman Pace, 30 percent ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 20, 2009

    The Magic of Mushrooms

    Have fun with fungi at Know Your Mushrooms.

  • Music

    July 23, 2009

    Candy Claws

    In the Dream of the Sea Life
    Self-released

  • Calendar

    December 18, 2008

    Moon Mission

    In the Dream of the Sea Life
    Self-released

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2008

    The truth about the Downtown Aquarium's poorly confined piranhas

    As you may have read last week in "Denver Aquarium Unequipped to Handle Piranha Attacks or Reporter Queries," on a recent visit to the Downtown Aquarium I was disturbed to discover just how easy it would be to stick my hand into the open-top piranha tank -- and even more disturbed by my irrational ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2008

    Paleontology rules Dinosaurs: Ancient Fossils, New Discoveries

    As you may have read last week in "Denver Aquarium Unequipped to Handle Piranha Attacks or Reporter Queries," on a recent visit to the Downtown Aquarium I was disturbed to discover just how easy it would be to stick my hand into the open-top piranha tank -- and even more disturbed by my irrational ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 25, 2008

    Do the Dinosaur

    The Denver Museum of Nature & Science brings in an age-old exhibit.

  • Calendar

    September 4, 2008

    Mozart and Evolution

    The Denver Museum of Nature & Science brings in an age-old exhibit.

  • Calendar

    August 7, 2008

    Hike and Learn

    Roxborough State Park becomes a classroom.

  • News

    July 17, 2008

    Lake Woebegone

    The bloom is on this putrid pond.

  • Film

    July 10, 2008

    Encounters at the End of the World

    Gleaning lessons from the darkness, Herzog treks to Antarctica in Encounters at the End of the World.

  • Calendar

    December 27, 2007

    Ski School

    Gleaning lessons from the darkness, Herzog treks to Antarctica in Encounters at the End of the World.

  • Calendar

    October 25, 2007

    Moon Time

    Hike beneath the full moon at Barr Lake State Park.

  • Calendar

    October 4, 2007

    Them Bones

    Ray Troll and Kirk Johnson hunt for fossils.

  • Calendar

    August 9, 2007

    'Room for More

    Get up close and personal with fungus.

  • Calendar

    June 14, 2007

    Prairie Home Companion

    Get up close and personal with fungus.

  • News

    October 12, 2006

    Rocket Man

    David Grinspoon is popularizing science, one alien joke at a time.

  • News

    January 20, 2005

    Building a Better Mousetrap

    Biologist Rob Ramey isn't afraid of taking risks -- but taking on environmentalists may be his riskiest move.

  • Dining

    June 17, 2004

    Consumed

    Here's the Beef

  • News

    December 18, 2003

    CSI: Denver

    DPD's crime lab makes TV reality.

  • Calendar

    October 16, 2003

    Dino Might

    The prehistoric World Tour arrives to rock Denver

  • Calendar

    September 18, 2003

    A No-Darwin Situation

    Darwin in the Dreamtime probes the legacy of evolution theory.

  • Dining

    July 17, 2003

    Bite Me

    The Real Deal

  • Culture

    November 7, 2002

    Artbeat

    Brief sketches of what's happening in the Denver art scene.

  • News

    October 31, 2002

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of October 31, 2002

  • Dining

    July 25, 2002

    Food Fetishes

    Fungus Among Us

  • Sports & Recreation

    April 4, 2002

    Best Place to Find Fossils

    Florissant Fossil Quarry

  • Sports & Recreation

    April 4, 2002

    Best Place to Dig Your Own Dinosaur

    Dinosaur Excavations

  • News

    November 29, 2001

    Bones of Contention

    Finding Barnum was hard enough. But to excavate the intrigue around the prize T. rex, you must dig deeper.

  • News

    November 22, 2001

    A Wing and a Prayer

    The peregrine falcon is back -- and falconers want to get their hands on the bird.

  • News

    June 7, 2001

    Pop Quiz

    As genetic testing pins down paternity issues, the definition of fatherhood gets murkier.

  • Sports & Recreation

    March 29, 2001

    Best Dinosaur Tracks --Indoors

    St. Cajetan Event Center

  • Film

    May 18, 2000

    Deranged in the Mesozoic

    The Disney formula goes disturbingly awry in the off-putting Dinosaur.

  • News

    June 17, 1999

    He Walks With the Animals

    Maybe Jasper Carlton is a radical -- or maybe he's ahead of his time.

  • Calendar

    March 4, 1999

    Trolling Motors

    Maybe Jasper Carlton is a radical -- or maybe he's ahead of his time.

  • News

    November 14, 1996

    Loaded for Bear

    State biologist Tom Beck wants hunters to think before they shoot. It's been a hard sell.

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