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  • 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

    June 27, 2011

    Asteroid! A look back at the cinematic space-rock bombardment of the late '90s

    Only Bruce Willis can save us now.​At 11:00 this morning, an asteroid 5-20 meters in diameter came within 7,800 miles of Earth. Asteroids and meteorites (ever wonder the difference?) make close calls with Earth all the time, but no time in the history of the world was so harrowing as 1997 and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2011

    Reader: Global warming protest just shows these kids are doops!

    ​Young environmental activists are convening in Denver this week, leading a march on the State Capitol tomorrow. Part of a nationwide movement pushed by more than forty organizations, particularly iMatter and Earth Guardians, the youthful protest will back up its message with lawsuits filed ag ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2011

    Paolo Giordano on The Solitude of Prime Numbers

    Simone MotturaParticle physicist/author Paolo Giordano​Paolo Giordano was working on his doctorate in particle physics when he wrote The Solitude of Prime Numbers, a beautifully rendered tale of two misfit children whom Giordano compares to twin primes -- a prime number that differs from anot ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 7, 2011

    The Numbers Game

    Simone MotturaParticle physicist/author Paolo Giordano​Paolo Giordano was working on his doctorate in particle physics when he wrote The Solitude of Prime Numbers, a beautifully rendered tale of two misfit children whom Giordano compares to twin primes -- a prime number that differs from anot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2010

    Dear, John Mellencamp: Here's 5 inventions more dangerous than the Internet

    flickr / Professor M​Last week, John Mellencamp was quoted by Reuters as saying, "the Internet is the most dangerous invention since the atomic bomb." His argument was two fold, beginning with the destruction of sound quality courtesy of MP3 compression (perhaps, but who the hell has an ear th ... 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 >>

  • Calendar

    July 1, 2010

    Star Power

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    March 18, 2010

    The Sky’s the Limit

    ​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

    February 16, 2010

    Global warming in Colorado: Changes are already happening for the worse, says National Wildlife Federation head Larry Schweiger

    "What are you guys doing to us?"​During a recent visit to Colorado, Larry Schweiger, president and chief executive of the National Wildlife Federation, said Colorado was in the bull's eye for negative consequences from climate change. What exactly does that mean? Unfortunately, Schweiger has ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 21, 2010

    Warming Up

    "What are you guys doing to us?"​During a recent visit to Colorado, Larry Schweiger, president and chief executive of the National Wildlife Federation, said Colorado was in the bull's eye for negative consequences from climate change. What exactly does that mean? Unfortunately, Schweiger has ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2009

    Colorado's renewable energy market set to heat up with BLM geothermal leases

    A geothermal electric plant in Iceland​Wind energy has been a hot commodity in the state for ten years or more now, but a new source of energy -- geothermal -- is about to get a chance to make its mark in the near future. The Denver Business Journal is reporting that the BLM is set to offer le ... 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

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2009

    CU scientists identify Mars fishin' hole

    Image by Gaetano Di Achille/University of ColoradoWhat Mars' Shalbatana lake might have looked like 3.4 billion years ago. Even as an Atlas V rocket built by Centennial's United Launch Alliance blasted off yesterday on a mission that may lead to man's return to the moon, University of Colorado at B ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 9, 2009

    Physical Evidence

    Michio Kaku reimagines the future.

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2008

    Parsley drops physics

    I don't have fond memories of my high school physics teacher, Mr. Woods. Although he was funny, quirky and endearingly curmudgeonly, I was terrible at physics, and for this he had little patience. Furthermore, he once accused me of having cheated on my homework, which wasn't true. I cheated in chemi ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 30, 2008

    Green Fairy Tales

    Holographic Universe 9 is a trip into dreamland.

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2008

    Paleontology rules Dinosaurs: Ancient Fossils, New Discoveries

    Holographic Universe 9 is a trip into dreamland.

  • Calendar

    September 4, 2008

    Mozart and Evolution

    Holographic Universe 9 is a trip into dreamland.

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2008

    Denvention Wrap-Up: Exile in Geekville

    Holographic Universe 9 is a trip into dreamland.

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2008

    Denvention Day 3: SETI Comes to Denver

    Holographic Universe 9 is a trip into dreamland.

  • Blogs

    July 10, 2008

    Rocky Mountain Thunder

    Holographic Universe 9 is a trip into dreamland.

  • Calendar

    April 3, 2008

    Getting Hot in Here

    Holographic Universe 9 is a trip into dreamland.

  • Calendar

    February 14, 2008

    It's a Small World After All

    Holographic Universe 9 is a trip into dreamland.

  • Calendar

    September 27, 2007

    Science Sensation

    Art and science cohabit in this special Boulder event.

  • Calendar

    September 13, 2007

    Think Green

    Boulder hosts an environmental art program.

  • Calendar

    April 26, 2007

    Sphere-iffic

    Boulder hosts an environmental art program.

  • Music

    October 5, 2006

    Weird Science

    We Are Scientists turns sarcasm into a science.

  • Film

    June 8, 2006

    Fahrenheit 2050

    Al Gore takes on the other imminent threat to America.

  • Calendar

    November 3, 2005

    Twinkle, Twinkle

    Stargazers can test their eyes at November Night Skies.

  • News

    November 3, 2005

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of November 3, 2005

  • Culture

    June 23, 2005

    At Lit's End

    Humble Boy stumbles with its Hamlet references.

  • 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.

  • Music

    September 23, 2004

    My Calculus Beats Your Algebra

    My Calculus Beats Your Algebra (Self-released)

  • Film

    June 24, 2004

    Entertain Your Brain

    This new docudrama is a real mind-bender.

  • Calendar

    October 16, 2003

    Dino Might

    The prehistoric World Tour arrives to rock Denver

  • Sports & Recreation

    March 27, 2003

    Best Boomerangs

    Colorado Boomerangs

  • Goods & Services

    March 27, 2003

    Best Parenting Classes

    Parents' Mathematics Institute
    Community College of Aurora

  • Culture

    November 7, 2002

    Artbeat

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

  • Sports & Recreation

    April 4, 2002

    Best Place to Dig Your Own Dinosaur

    Dinosaur Excavations

  • Film

    July 9, 1998

    A True Disaster

    Dinosaur Excavations

  • News

    November 14, 1996

    Loaded for Bear

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

  • News

    December 20, 1995

    A CRUMBLING FOUNDATION

    THE DOCTOR'S IN JAIL AND MOST BOARDMEMBERS HAVE QUIT--BUT BILL COORS VOWS TO PRESS ON.

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