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Bashing into Boulder
Boulder´s brand-new roller derby league is having its debut September 10 at a “Derby-tante” Ball. The Boulder County Bombers will be hosting an event that’s part meet and greet, part dance party...
The curation of discovery: Part 3
This week’s serialized installment of “The curation of discovery” deals with not only the discovery and curation of the Mahaffy Cache, a collection of...
The science behind the hype
To understand RNA, you have to understand DNA, deoxyribonucleic acid, those double-sided spring-like chains of genetic information that determine the color of a human’s hair or the hue of a flower’s petals. If DNA acts as a blueprint for living things, then RNA is ...
When students don’t show up, attendance detectives are on the case
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The front door of the house was ajar when Domanic Castillo...
Transparency trouble
The city of Boulder seems to have joined a growing number of government agencies in Colorado that have started charging more for — and taking more time to produce — public documents when faced with open records requests...
Dan Eamon, Longmont emergency manager
Dan Eamon, Longmont’s emergency manager, was one of the first people mentioned when BW asked about the people who played a crucial role in that city’s flood response...
Those who wrote education law will benefit most
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) is being hailed as a bipartisan reform of education, which gives states the power to determine their own...
Boulder-based organization lends a helping hand
Living in what some refer to as the Boulder bubble, it’s sometimes easy to tune out the surrounding world and bathe in the beauty of this olivesized oasis. Conscious Alliance, a Boulder-based nonprofit, is trying to minimize that mentality...
Thousands of Boulder County kids face losing health insurance
If Congress does nothing, which it very well might, 3,500 low-income children and pregnant women in Boulder County will lose their health insurance on...
Much ado about Melons
The little sign on the front door tells me I’m in the right place. It warns me that if I knock, I should be prepared for the fact that the people who live here are naturists who more often than not go nude inside their home. It’s their naturist lifestyle — or more ...
‘Our best investment’
It’s an iconic scene: The final bell blares on the last day of class. Students send papers airbourne in jubilation. Alice Cooper’s raspy anthem...
‘A lot of good we can do together’
Dr. Emmy Betz can’t overemphasize the impact the lack of funding for firearm violence injury prevention research has had. A decade ago, when she...
