A total lunar eclipse will turn the moon ‘blood red’
A lunar eclipse will turn the full moon blood red, but it’s also the first in a series of interesting celestial phenomena that will happen in the next few months. Astronomer Doug Duncan of CU Boulder talks about the lunar eclipse, a parade of planets and three super moons people will enjoy watching later this summer.
By Nell London
From drought-friendly, native plants to growing healthy tomatoes, your gardening questions, answered.
It’s go-time for gardeners. Mother’s Day signaled the start of the spring season for much of Colorado. And our listeners have saved up a winter’s-worth of questions for expert Fatuma Emmad. She’s founder of Frontline Farming, a community group that focuses on farming and education.
By Nell London
Inside the laboratory in Louisville that’s making ‘mind-boggling’ internet speeds possible
Shutdowns due to COVID-19 changed work and schools overnight, with Zoom meeting and Google classrooms becoming the norms. The technology that’s helped transform how we operate was created at CableLabs, a research facility in Louisville — it’s CEO, Phil McKinney, was recently named CEO of the Year by the Colorado Technology Association.
By Nell London
Preserving Latino history and culture in Colorado
There’s a growing effort to honor Hispanic history through preservation. The national group, “Latinos in Heritage Conservation” holds its biannual conference in Denver this week. Desiree Aranda is the group’s cofounder. Annie Levinsky is with Historic Denver.
By Nell London
Doctor shares personal journey overcoming chronic fatigue
Long-COVID may have something to teach us. Those lingering symptoms of muscle pain, brain fog, and exhaustion are familiar to people who haven’t had COVID — but who suffer from chronic fatigue– people who’re often told “it’s all in their heads.” Like Dr. Michael Gallagher, of Denver. He was a triathlete — contracted a common virus — seemed to get better — but wound up bedridden. Gallagher’s new book “Run Down” is out today. We spoke in December.
By Nell London
The symphony of sounds in nature
For hundreds of millions of years, nature was silent. No birds chirping, no insects buzzing. But then, things changed. That’s the subject of the new book, “Sounds Wild and Broken,” that follows the evolution of animal sounds. Biologist David George Haskell wrote much of it while living in Boulder.
By Nell London
Healthy ways to help your preschoolers sleep
Kids are more susceptible than adults to light, and that can interfere with their sleep. How to help them cope? Lauren Hartstein is a postdoctoral fellow with the Sleep and Development Lab at CU Boulder.
By Nell London
The ‘Little Black Book’ supports Black-owned businesses in metro-Denver
The pandemic was especially hard on Black-owned businesses. They suffered three times the declines seen by other ethnic and racial groups. At the same time, a publication that supports Black businesses in Denver has been on hold since the first shutdown. But now it’s back. The 2022 edition of the Little Black Book launched last week. Carla Ladd is the publisher.
By Nell London
New satellite will improve weather forecasts, climate science
The new GOES-T satellite is scheduled to launch into orbit on Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Colorado’s Lockheed Martin built the satellite, which will improve weather forecasting and climate science. Adrian Cuadra is program director for Weather and Earth Science at Lockheed Martin.
By Nell London
Ute Mountain Utes work to save their language
Experts predict the world could lose half its languages in the next hundred years, including that spoken by the Ute Mountain Ute tribe in Colorado’s Four Corners region. To save their language, the tribe has created a digital dictionary.
By Nell London
Reflections on the Marshall Fire
Shieko Uno went to run an errand last December, and while she was out, her house burned to the ground. Uno is a piano teacher. The Marshall Fire reduced the home where she taught for nearly 30 years, and her pianos, to ashes. Like many other fire survivors, she’s left with the clothes on her back, memories, and a desire to find consolation where she can.
By Nell London
Freeskier Birk Irving landed his first 360 when he was 5. Now he’s going to the Olympics
Birk Irving is a freeskier from Winter Park. Now he’s one of 23 Coloradans who will compete for Team USA at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
By Nell London
Colorado freeskier Birk Irving is heading to Beijing to flip and spin
Birk Irving is taking his hardest trick, the double cork 1620, to the Olympics. For those not in the freeskiing universe, that’s two backflips plus four-and-a-half rotations. Irving was born and raised in Winter Park.
By Nell London
How to launch satellites from a 747
Colorado native Nicole Lewis is the launch director for Virgin Orbit. Her latest mission: to launch seven satellites into space off the wing of a 747.
By Nell London
Preserving the endangered Ute Mountain Ute language
The language of the Ute Mountain Ute tribe in the four corners region of Colorado is endangered: Just over 100 people on the planet speak it fluently. To save their language, the Ute Mountain Ute have created a digital dictionary with help from the Language Conservancy, a group that works to protect endangered languages. Juanita Plentyholes is the project coordinator with the Ute Mountain Ute tribe. Wil Meya is with the is with the Language Conservancy.
By Nell London
Preserving Golda Meir’s life and legacy in Colorado
Golda Meir, a founding mother of Israel who signed that country’s Declaration of Independence and served as Prime Minister during many of its early crises, spent formative years living in an unassuming brick duplex on Denver’s west side.
By Nell London