5+ hour, 26+ min ago   (504+ words) It's that time of year again, when you need tofigure out what the students in your household are doing all summer. Across Northern Colorado, programs are opening their summer schedules for registration. Here's a handy list. Grades: K-9Location: Chilson Recreation Center,…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (184+ words) For 20 years, Keith Sockman, a biologist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, tracked everything from beetles to butterflies in the Colorado Rockies, just west of Boulder. He found flying insect populations dropped by an average of 7% each…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (624+ words) Even in areas relatively undisturbed by human activity, insect populations are on the decline, with climate change as a likely culprit. That's the finding of new research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The study, published in…...

6+ mon, 4+ day ago   (394+ words) All right. We're a week into August, so maybe it's a good time to ask, what is this year's song of the summer? Well, according to NPR's Stephen Thompson, the answer is complicated. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "I HAD SOME HELP…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1716+ words) Inside a small building in eastern Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, C'tia Cabral holds up a jar filled with what looks like fine black pepper. But this ain't pepper. Each granule is actually a tiny mosquito egg. Cabral estimates this container…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (662+ words) Heat waves have swept through much of the U.S. already this summer, breaking temperature records, straining power grids and buckling roads. And a long-lasting heat dome is set to bake much of the country's midsection in triple-digit temperatures in the coming…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (375+ words) The big hunk of rock you're on right now - you know, the Earth - is spinning. We call one full rotation a day, and it takes 24 hours, or 86,400 seconds. Well, sort of. As NPR's Nell Greenfieldboyce reports, tomorrow is predicted to…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (448+ words) During summer heat, some turn to "super cooling" their homes by turning the thermostat way down in the morning, and raising it during electricity peak hours, to be energy efficient. But does it work? 'Super cooling' means setting your AC…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (561+ words) Updated June 25, 2025 at 11:17 AM MDT The heatwave baking millions of people across the country has some parents asking this: Is it safe for my kids to play outside? With school out, children are spending more time at home or at…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (404+ words) Everyone knows the feeling: tossing and turning during a hot, sticky night when sleep feels impossible. And the severe cases " when people stop breathing more than 30 times in a single hour " go up, too. "You also increase the likelihood of…...