Science & Technology

Local News

Used computers to help students across the region

Underground Electronics refurbishing donations

March 10, 2017

Local News

Fort Lewis College grad works on Navajo Nation food security

Brandon Francis interested in bioremediation after Gold King Mine spill

February 27, 2017

Local News

Conditions improve for Spring Creek Basin mustangs

Disappointment Valley’s Spring Creek Basin mustangs and range healthier

February 26, 2017

Science

Climate change taking toll on ocean life

shows global warming hurting major hot spots for fish species

February 24, 2017

Science

50,000-year-old microbes found in crystals in cave

Researcher Mario Corsalini stands near a gypsum rosette crystal that scientists believe contains microbes that could be 50,000 years old.…

February 24, 2017

Food

Rohwer’s Farm turns up the heat

Pleasant View farmers use plasticulture to produce fresh food in winter

February 22, 2017

Local News

Colorado Discovery Festival showcases careers in science

encourages students to have fun, think about the future

February 18, 2017

Southwest Life

Four Corners cover crop study shows mixed results first year

Dryland farmers see mixed results

February 15, 2017

Science

Weak La Niña fades away after just four months

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Thursday pronounced the current La Niña event, a cooling of parts of the equatorial…

February 10, 2017

Science

Big gulp

black hole is taking its time to devour distance star

February 10, 2017

Southwest Life

Forgotten rock-art panel attracting attention in Bluff

Rock-art panel in Bluff gets renewed attention

January 29, 2017

Science

Primates may be facing extinction

FILE – In this Dec. 31, 2015, file photo, Tsunami, an eleven year old female Sumatran Orangutan eats fruit during…

January 27, 2017

Science

‘Fairy circles’ may not be so magical

suggests termites, plant life may create intricate patterns

January 27, 2017

Local News

Interactive map of Colorado’s trail system in testing stages

Gov. Hickenlooper hopeful it will boost $34 billion outdoor recreation industry

January 22, 2017

Science

Climate change will bring mild surprise

warming will steal 10 picture-perfect days each year, study finds

January 20, 2017

Science

Scientists think moon formed from many moons

Israeli are suggesting that Earth’s moon may have been formed by collisions of lots of mini-moons that once circled the…

January 15, 2017

Science

Study of lunar rocks suggests moon is older than thought

of lunar rocks suggests moon is older than thought

January 13, 2017

Local News

Vantiv donates to Fort Lewis College computer engineering program

offering will start in the fall

January 12, 2017

Science

Revising current theories on the oceans

Climate change may cause bigger impact than thought

January 8, 2017

Science

Water, water everywhere, even in space

probes finding H2O in unlikely places

December 25, 2016

Local News

New FLC science and engineering building will ‘rocket us forward’

“We’re already producing first-class scientists and first-class engineers here,” said Doug Lyon, professor of management at FLC. “And they have…

December 23, 2016

Science

Following in the footsteps of giants?

ancient ancestor may have been taller than thought

December 18, 2016

Science

Warming to open tap for downpours

says extreme storms will happen more frequently

December 11, 2016

Science

Arctic sea ice continues retreat

Arctic sea ice extended for 3.5 million square miles. That’s 309,000 square miles below the record set in 2006 –…

December 11, 2016

Local News

Skulls, bones teach middle-schoolers about evolution

seventh-graders study in Fort Lewis College lab

December 9, 2016

Local News

Durango police request body cameras for 2017

could help transparency, reduce complaints and aid prosecution

November 22, 2016

Science

Bouncing back from extinction

shows recovering from geologic disaster can take long time

November 19, 2016

Science

Pluto may be hiding giant ocean

A combination of images captured by the New Horizons spacecraft shows differences in the composition and texture of Pluto’s surface.NASA…

November 19, 2016

Science

Study shows growing threat to sea ice

report links emissions to thawing in Arctic region

November 12, 2016

Science

Ancient monkeys may have been tool makers also

A young capuchin monkey strikes a stone against another in the Serra da Capivara National Park in Brazil.Michael Haslam via…

October 29, 2016