Rendering of the asteroid Psyche

Can bacteria help people mine asteroids?

Aug. 1, 2019

Luis Zea and his colleagues are exploring whether a technique common on Earth, called biomining, may one day help people to extract resources in space.

White House

How Nixon's resignation changed us: Impeachment 45 years later

July 30, 2019

On this episode of the Brainwaves podcast, what were some of the long-term impacts of Nixon's resignation, did America ever truly heal, and given the state of politics, could Congress ever carry out impeachment in a bipartisan way ever again?

An image taken from the International Space Station shows orange swaths of airglow hovering in Earth’s atmosphere

Analyzing gravity waves at the edge of space

July 29, 2019

A CU Boulder professor emeritus is working on a research project slated for the International Space Station to help us better understand and forecast conditions on the edge of space.

CU Boulder postdoctoral researcher Philip Kragel

A computer system that knows how you feel

July 25, 2019

Could a computer, at a glance, tell the difference between a joyful image and a depressing one? According to new research, the answer is yes.

Brian Robb and Michael Marshak

A high-performance battery for renewable energy storage

July 25, 2019

A low-cost, high-performance battery chemistry could one day lead to scalable grid-level storage for wind and solar energy that could help electrical utilities reduce their dependency on fossil fuels.

Security cameras

Who’s watching you? How privacy is changing in the digital age

July 24, 2019

On this episode of the Brainwaves podcast, we’re following news of a mobile app getting access to images of your face and more.

A mock-up of what a LunaSat might look like on the moon

Â鶹ÒùÔº to send hundreds of leaf-sized spacecraft to the moon

July 23, 2019

The Great Lunar Expedition for Everyone (GLEE) will reveal new information about the lunar surface and pave the way for human astronauts on the moon.

Person browsing library

Educating moms and dads may save kids' lives

July 22, 2019

Children whose mothers lack a college education are significantly more likely to die young, particularly from unintentional injuries, according to a sweeping new CU Boulder study of more than 377,000 youth.

An image of a bathroom sign

How society, science are redefining gender

What does it really mean to be a man or a woman? How that simple question has complicated consequences in sports, politics and language on this episode of the Brainwaves podcast.

Lunar Ranging Retroreflector on the surface of the moon

Apollo 11's last working experiment on the moon

July 19, 2019

Fifty years after it was first laid out on the moon, the Laser Ranging Retroreflector experiment, the brainchild of JILA's James Faller, is still in use.

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