Science and technology

Local News

From the Met to Durango

Lewis College teams up with Indigenous artists, the Met to explore Southwest textile art

July 6, 2025

Local News

Sticks in snow

Snowtography sites in the southwest could foster more climate-resilient forests

October 16, 2023

Local News

Durango rocket club aims for the sky in national competition

Students must launch hen egg 850 feet up, keep it aloft, and land safely

May 19, 2023

Local News

Durango High School robotics team uses state competition as educational experience

Students shift focus toward summer aerospace event

March 13, 2023

Local News

Durango High School robotics team heads to state competition

Students take on challenge and make strides in their first year competing

February 17, 2023

Southwest Life

Southwest Colorado a playground for research scientists

Landscape diversity invites study of desert groundwater, alpine permafrost and prehistoric wildfires

July 14, 2022

Local News

How citizen scientists are testing our streams and rivers for contamination

Mountain Studies Institute, Fort Lewis College partner to measure E. coli in San Juan National Forest’s waterways

July 6, 2022

Local News

Can we replace fire with mechanical thinning in Southwest Colorado?

ecologists argue prescribed burns are necessary even as they have caused blazes this spring

June 4, 2022

Local News

MakerLab leaves Powerhouse for bigger location

Science center explores possibility of hosting Big Picture High School

May 7, 2022

Local News

Chemical reactions light up Fort Lewis College science show

Demonstration, experiments hosted at first open house since pandemic

April 9, 2022

Local News

La Plata County settles on location for radar

Equipment will likely look like a four-legged water tower with large golf ball on top

February 19, 2022

Local News

Fort Lewis College students research vitamin D as a treatment for long COVID-19

Monthlong study will test if the supplement can offer an over-the-counter solution to growing problem

February 9, 2022

Local News

New climate normals show drier, hotter Southwest Colorado

decade scientists with NOAA update temperature and precipitation averages across the U.S.

February 3, 2022

Southwest Life

Mapmakers combine science and art to show us the world

data and creativity, cartographers create vital tools

January 27, 2022

Local News

Can you see climate change? Mapping tools turn millions of data points into visual representations

Scientists use maps and graphs to help analyze data and visualize impacts

December 13, 2021

The Durango Herald

Durango nonprofit helps build mapping tool to visualize climate, biodiversity of public lands

Program was created for policymakers, but can also inform local conservation efforts

November 20, 2021

Southwest Life

In Colorado’s rivers, genetic research helps rainbow trout rebound

CPW’s approach to fighting whirling disease could be a model for the future

November 18, 2021

Local News

Data gaps in Southwest Colorado limit what we know about local climate change

of radar and spotty ground monitoring make long-term forecasting difficult

November 15, 2021

Local News

Mercy Regional Medical Center eliminates X-rays in spine surgeries

imaging system not only cuts radiation exposure but provides better pictures

May 12, 2021

Local News

La Plata County fire districts explore virtual reality

tests whether new technology improves skills

April 24, 2021

Local News

10 ‘moon trees’ land in Durango

Student’s project honors local astronaut, Earth Day and Apollo mission

April 23, 2021

Local News

Bayfield library brings latest tech, including Zoom, to seniors

‘We’re happy to be a source of empowerment’

February 27, 2021

New Mexico

San Juan Regional Medical Center makes medical records more accessible

Hospital will allow patient portal access through iPhone Health app

February 19, 2021

Science

35 years since Challenger launch disaster: ‘Never forgotten’

Flowers line the railing placed their by visitors at the Space Mirror Memorial during a ceremony to honor fallen astronauts…

January 29, 2021