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Buff briefs | CU payloads aboard Glory Mission
CU payloads aboard Glory Mission CU has two payloads onboard NASA’s Glory Mission, a Taurus XL rocket that launched Feb. 23. The first, an instrument called the Total Irradiance Monitor, or TIM, will point directly toward the sun to measure both short- and long-term ...
The inside story of how Boulder and Xcel reached a settlement
After Boulder voters approved Ballot Issue 2C tin November 2020, which entered Boulder and Xcel Energy into a 20-year franchise agreement and paused the...
Teenager set on fire released from hospital
MIAMI — Michael Brewer's family members and friends gathered around the television set in their Deerfield Beach, Fla., home on Tuesday, anxious to see the news they had already heard...
Black gold: shifting to quality compost
The journey of a banana peel doesn’t end in the compost bin. That’s only the beginning.
Whether it’s in a 65-gallon bin outside a family...
Why Obama Shouldn’t Be Taking the Black Vote for Granted
There’s no question that Hispanics are among the most coveted voting...
U.S. Oil Fields Stage “Great Revival,” But No Easing Gas Prices
The United States has long been seen as a nation in its twilight as an oil producer, facing a relentless decline that began when President Richard Nixon was in the White House. He and every president since pledged to halt the U.S. slide into greater dependence on ...
Scientist cleared in reports of polar bear drowning
Wildlife researcher Charles Monnett wasn't kidding or making it up, an investigation has found: Polar bears really did appear to be drowning in the Arctic for lack of ice, as he reported...
Two teachers in Jamestown strive to keep their students together after...
The first day the Jamestown Elementary School teachers could get back to the two-room schoolhouse in Jamestown after the floods in September, there were still huge boulders alongside barely-there roads. The road to the schoolhouse was washed out entirely — in its ...
TiVo, Dish Network and EchoStar settle dispute
LOS ANGELES — Dish Network Corp. and its former EchoStar division agreed to pay TiVo Inc. $500 million to settle a long-running patent dispute involving digital video recorder technology...
Redefining grief
Dr. Jennifer Matheson knew immediately when the COVID-19 pandemic hit that feelings of anxiety, fear and loneliness would explode.
“The fact that social isolating and...
Google out to shake up the smart-phone industry
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Google, already a disruptive...
