How Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS) training could allow you to live your best life
While the wearer exercises wearing a full-body EMS suit, a trainer controls an electrical current that encourages more muscle fibers to contract.
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Colorado’s bumper crop of cannabis businesses
Legalization of marijuana in 2012 created a wide-open market, and many entrepreneurs have wasted no time jumping in with big dreams and big business plans.
Custom fine jewelry, custom memories
From the moment you walk in, you can tell Cronin Jewelers is more than your typical jewelry store. Here, you know exactly where your jewelry comes from.
Zack Rago helps reveal the plight of the world’s coral reefs
As part of the film crew for Chasing Coral, Zack Rago's extensive knowledge became useful, and his passion became a compelling part of the documentary.
The Healing Power of Music
Chase the Music provides individually tailored songs and concerts to Colorado children, teens and young adults who struggle with physical, mental challenges
Slacklining: Managing Fear in the Moment
Where most slackliners practice their craft safely close to the ground, professional “slacker” Heather Larsen prefers to be hundreds of feet up in the air.
CU scholar Chereta Quána Madison is persistent diplomat for those in need
Chereta Quána Madison wants to help educators and the community to better understand trauma and its impacts on individuals.
Chasing Coral: Film tackles the problem of saving Earth’s greatest source of life
Coral reefs are perishing at a rate that has exceeded even the direst predictions. In 2016 , 22 percent of the corals on the Great Barrier Reef died.
An Interview with Congressman Jared Polis
Jared Polis was first elected in 2008 to serve Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. This is his fifth term.
World-class CU Museum of Natural History Grew from Humble Roots
To peruse the exhibits in CU’s Museum of Natural History, on campus at 15th and Broadway in Boulder, you’d never guess the museum’s humble beginnings.
Landlocked Boulderites Take to the Sea
Despite being a thousand miles from the nearest ocean, the state with the most certified scuba divers per capita is Colorado.
A Fantasy (Ski) Day in the Life
A fantasy trip of a lifetime--a crazy, cross-state bender to visit as many of Colorado's ski areas as I could and still capture the essence of each.
A Conversation with Max Boykoff: Climate Change and the Media
Max Boykoff studies the impact of media on the climate-change debate policy and the progress of change, and even our everyday experiences with the topic.
Writer and CU professor Marcia Douglas helps others find their voice
A professor of creative writing and Caribbean literature at CU, she recently released her fourth book, The Marvellous Equations of the Dread.
Rescuing animals, helping them thrive at Wild Animal Sanctuary
Tragic stories have happy endings at TWAS. Many animals arrive socially damaged, and staff works patiently to help them find friends they can live with.
How patients cope with cognitive effects of cancer treatment
Chemo brain can manifest as confusion, feeling spacey, or having a short attention span and also affect information-processing speed and fine-motor skills.
The Flatirons: The Story Behind Boulder’s Iconic Backdrop
The same rock formation that forms the Flatirons is also present along much of the Front Range. Why, then, did the Flatirons only form behind Boulder?
Bad Medicine- Opioid Addiction in Boulder County
The percentage of Coloradans seeking treatment for substance abuse nearly doubled for prescription opioid abuse between 2007 and 2014.
For the Love of Beads
Three good friends partnered to reopen Nomad Bead Merchants, moving to a new location at Ninth and Walnut streets, and opening Adorned, a store next door.
Gaining the Performance Edge: What’s safe for amateur athletes?
Finding the performance edge may mean athletes need to achieve athletic maturity: learning how to train, seek advice from science...
Untangling Boulder’s ‘rich tapestry of regulation’
The most challenging issue for homeowners in the city of Boulder, next to being able to afford a house, may be getting some basic information from the city.
