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Red chili peppers are hot, both as a spice and as a new remedy for pain relief. It turns out that capsaicin, the substance that gives hot chili peppers their fire, also acts as an anti-inflammatory agent and pain reliever...

As a Junior Girl Scout, my troop’s walk to a manicured suburban park was called a “hike.” We were taught how to bake cookies from packaged mixes and what to do for someone who’d fainted. And, of course, we sold those famous boxes of cookies mass-produced elsewhere...

If two water initiatives die before they have a chance to reach the ballot in November, do they make a sound? If they did, the sound you might hear is the collective sigh of relief from the Colorado oil and gas industry, the agricultural industry and other opponents ...

THOSE EMERALD SHORES JUST MIGHT BE TOXIC...

Butterfly Pavilion continues expanding community science programs

Colorado Parks and Wildlife recently found a new invasive plant in Boulder Reservoir: Eurasian watermilfoil (EWM).  EWM is a highly transmissible invasive aquatic plant that...

Changes to the Endangered Species List In early January, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) replied to many petitions regarding the Endangered Species List,...

FROM WASTE TO WATER...

Runners leave a lot of footprints, but there’s one that running shoe companies are starting to pay more attention to: the one on the environment. Running shoes are made with plastic, polyester and synthetic glues. All of those products take energy and oil to produce...

There’s no doubt that U.S.-based fracking — the process through which oil and gas deposits are blasted from shale deposits deep underground — has caused a revolution in worldwide energy supplies...

“It’s difficult to reconcile yourself to the fact it may be your last day, your last moment, you know? But my spirits are up...

Climate change threatens to become “severe, pervasive and irreversible,” according to the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC...