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A brain scan

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

By Andrea Dukakis

A nursing student monitors heart rate.

Mannequins that give birth, breathe, and bleed: New Metropolitan State University of Denver lab simulates real-life situations for students

By Jenny Brundin

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

Swiss solar company cancels plans for Colorado Springs factory

A man in a ballcap and shades holds a water bottle as his cheeks puff up with liquid. The sun shines bright above him.

How can Denver address extreme heat?

By Paolo Zialcita

A pink, plastic model of the human brain on a stand.

Colorado hopes to raise awareness of dementia, start conversations, with new campaign

New videos show three pups born to Colorado’s reintroduced wolves

A feral cat that lives in a Commerce City neighborhood. Dec. 17, 2021.

Bird flu cases now detected in domestic cats in Colorado

A nighttime scene of the Milky Way galaxy

Space debris is a danger to satellites and astronauts. Colorado’s members of Congress want to do something about it

Elections workers from Arapahoe and Denver elections offices inside the Denver County Elections Division Office

Colorado election officials train on how to combat AI misinformation

By Bente Birkeland

Celine Dion poses on a red carpet at a screening of her new documentary. A poster for "I Am: Celine Dion" is behind her.

Colorado to become center for stiff person syndrome treatment with donation from Céline Dion

The Arkansas River and Pillars Park in Pueblo in fall of 2021.

Pueblo County water contamination study: Some private wells unsafe, many waterways prove acceptable on EPA standards

By Charley Sutherland and Asa Gartrell

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

A farmer holds two ears of corn in his hands.

Researchers and farmers hope insecticides and STD-carrying moths help Olathe corn farmers defeat a common enemy

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