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  Halloween Candy cc: wikimedia Halloween Sadism – (Starts 2:45)  Criminologist Joel Best researches questions such as, Do Halloween apples harbor razor blades?  and “Has anyone ever died of poisoned Halloween candy?” One answer might surprise you. Detecting DeepFake Vide…

Suncor near Denver in Commerce City – cc James on Wikimedia Legal and Environmental Expert Chris Winter explains the Boulder Vs Suncor lawsuit, what it’s about, what’s at stake, and why it’s become the lead case, being heard at the US Supreme Court, about whether lawsuits …

  Stephanie Bryant and Colleagues are developing a single shot that helps restore cartilage to a joint where the cartilage has worn away. cc University of Colorado One million Americans get knee replacements every year, for a cost of up to $70,000 per knee, plus a year-long recovery.  CU-Bo…

The Quest to Replace Human Body Parts (start time: 3:06) In this week’s pledge-drive show, science writer Mary Roach discusses her latest book, Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy, which was recently released in paperback (W.W. Norton & Co.). Roach is a New York Times bestselling…

From Climate Week to Societal Climate Engagement (start time: 1:22) Last week tens of thousands of people from environmental nonprofit organizations, private companies, academia and other sectors came together in New York City for Climate Week NYC, which coincided with the United Nations General As…

In this week’s show, Beth speaks with author and evolutionary biologist, Rowan Hooper, discussing the themes and examples of symbiosis from his current book, Togetherness: Symbiosis and the Hidden Story of Life’s Greatest Collaborations. He explored the history of study of symbiosis, as…

CU Boulder Professor Aaron Clauset CU Boulder Computer Scientist Aaron Clauset says military leaders frequently underestimate the ultimate length and size of a war.   Clauset offers a new way to measure wars, not just by counting deaths at a war’s end – his research shows how death rates ch…

Red Feather Lakes landscape 6 years after Cameron Peaks fire. Photo credit: Susan Moran Forests Vanishing in Wake of Megafires (start time: 7:55) Increasingly  large and hot wildfires are turning many conifer-dominated forests in the western U.S.and Canada into shrublands or grasslands, largely b…

A Boulder Middle School-photo by Juliana Krigsman Teaching through screens is part of getting kids ready for the digital world.  But when do tech and screens help students and when do they get in the way?  CU-Boulder Journalism Student Juliana Krigsman explores these questions with teachers, with…