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Oct. 30, 2024: Aging in rural Colorado; Tracking evaporation; The science of scares

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A woman in the foreground looks into an open box, filled with electrical equipment, as a man in the background stares up at the gear.
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University of Colorado climate professor Peter Blanken and student Holly Roth clean up their monitoring equipment, which helps measure evaporation, on the Standley Lake dam in Westminster. Aug. 14, 2024.

In rural Colorado, one in five people is over 65. We'll talk about the challenges of aging in place in a small town, like Rangely, as part of our series, Aging Matters. Then, how climate change is changing evaporation, and what researchers are doing to catch up. Plus, the final push for votes in Colorado's closest congressional race. Also, an electrifying new superhero. And for Halloween, the science behind scares.