Science and technology

Count ’em: NASA finds hundreds of new exoplanets

NASA recently announced 1,284 new planets orbiting stars outside our solar system, called exoplanets. That’s on top of the approximately…

May 21, 2016

Business

Apple’s latest innovation … a big stake for Berkshire

Tech-shy Warren Buffett may be warming to 21st century technology

May 16, 2016

Science

Climate change fueling wildfire threat

weather will mean more major fires, experts warn

May 14, 2016

Science

Who needs a nose? Mussels can smell just fine

University of Maine scientists aren’t quite sure how they do it, but they believe mussels have a strong sense of…

May 14, 2016

Local News

Powerhouse Science Center revving up a year after closure

Durango science center closed suddenly one year ago

May 9, 2016

Science

Mercury set to make rare solar transit

NASA and European Space Agency satellites will be tracking Mercury Monday as it transits the sun. The planet made its…

May 7, 2016

Science

Study raises alarms about coral reefs

A two-picture combo shows the Carysfort Reef in Florida in 1976 and 2016. Scientists say global warming is causing the…

May 7, 2016

Science

Oh, baby! Look how you’ve grown

Fossils show titanosaurs grew quickly from cute babies to truly gigantic dinosaurs

April 23, 2016

Science

Americans enjoying warming trend’s effects – so far

But that perceived benefit of global warming – mostly milder winters – will soon be outweighed by more oppressive summer…

April 23, 2016

Science

Climate change is shaking up the planet

Melting ice sheets are shifting how Earth wobbles on its axis

April 16, 2016

Science

Investor hopes to send tiny ships to Alpha Centauri

Internet investor and science philanthropist Yuri Milner and a panel of scientists including cosmologist Stephen Hawking, second from left, Princeton…

April 16, 2016

Science

Bringing anicient cave paintings to life

Scientists are working to resurrect extinct cattle

April 9, 2016

Science

It turns out this planet has three suns in its sky

An artist’s concept of a triple-star system. Astronomers have discovered a triple-star system that hosts a stable planet, a rarity…

April 9, 2016

Local News

Donors generous to Fort Lewis College

reach $3.8 million in fiscal year to end June 30

April 2, 2016

Science

Meet JCVI-syn3.0

Researchers create a new microbe by removing half of its genes

March 26, 2016

Science

Data hints Pluto may have once had liquid lakes

“As planetary scientists, what the data revealed did not surprise us. It shocked us,” NASA’s Planetary Science Division Director Jim…

March 26, 2016

Nation & World

Bridging the ‘word gap’ in low-income children

High-tech study results still inconclusive

March 26, 2016

Science

Scientists still don’t know how dogs became dogs – but they might be close to finding out

Inna Caruso, left, and Jordan Massey jog along the Rails to Trails with dogs Mac and Nessie on a warm…

March 18, 2016

Local News

Gardner sees economic benefits of driverless cars in Colorado

Senator sees opportunity to reduce ski-area traffic

March 15, 2016

Science

A better twist on tornadoes?

may help forecasters provide earlier warnings of deadly twisters

March 12, 2016

Science

Studies support fears about sea levels

rising at fastest pace in centuries

February 27, 2016

Science

Horniest dinosaurs may have been the sexiest, too

A restoration shows adult Protoceratops andrewsi engaging in display postures. Non-mature animals can be seen in the background.Rebecca Gelernter/QMUL The…

February 27, 2016

Science

El Niño to linger around for awhile longer

Meteorologists say weather system is weakening

February 20, 2016

Science

Ancient flower species found locked in amber

Oregon State University entomologist George Poiner discovered the fossilized remains of a new species of flower, dubbed Strychnos electri, in…

February 20, 2016