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Writing by our members

The Age of Melt: What Glaciers, Ice Mummies, and Ancient Artifacts Teach Us About Climate, Culture, and a Future Without Ice, by Lisa Baril (Timber Press)

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Department of Natural Resources authorizes the hunting “without limit of quantities” of five species of exotic snakes, by Alonso Daboub Bullón, El Nuevo Día

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Solitude: The Science and Power of Being Alone, by Netta Weinstein, Heather Hansen (SWARM), and Thuy-vy T. Nguyen (Cambridge University Press)

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Meet Dr. Sammy, the Colorado researcher trying to fend off the next honeybee pandemic, Colorado Sun, by Gabe Allen

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Still As Bright: A Backyard Journey Through the Natural and Human History of the Moon, by Christopher Cokinos (Pegasus Books)

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How two outsiders tackled the mystery of arithmetic progressions, Science News, by Evelyn Lamb

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U Rising: Science writers Brian Maffly and Lisa Potter translate research for you, hosted by Julie Kiefer

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Why are ravens suddenly attacking the world's smallest penguins?, National Geographic, by Kenna Hughes-Castleberry

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Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are, by Rebecca Boyle (Random House, longlisted for the National Book Award)

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Countdown: The Blinding Future of Nuclear Weapons, by Sarah Scoles (Bold Type Books)

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Hidden hazard: Boulder's million-ton coal ash problem has no local watchdog, Boulder Reporting Lab, by Tyler Hickman, Gabe Allen, Alyssa Crume, Devin Farmiloe, Por Jaijongkit and  Audrey Wheeler

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Over the Seawall: Tsunamis, Cyclones, Droughts and the Delusion of Controlling Nature, by Stephen Robert Miller (Island Press)

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Mars is the goal, but first, these students must conquer Utah’s red desert, KUER, by Amanda Heidt

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Out-of-state patients seeking abortions arrive in Colorado in record numbers, Colorado Public Radio, by Claire Cleveland

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America isn’t taking care of caregivers, Vox, by Katherine Harmon Courage

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The Curious Hole in My Head, New York Times, by Helen Santoro

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Coal at Sunset: A Colorado Town in Transition, podcast from The Institute for Science & Policy, by Kristan Uhlenbrock and Trent Knoss (Winner, National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Award for Excellence in Science Communication, and National Association of Science Writers' Excellence in Institutional Writing Award) 

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The Hopi farmer championing Indigenous agricultural knowledge, Al Jazeera, by Jane Palmer

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How notes from the mothers of astronomy were reclaimed in art, National Geographic, by Liz Kruesi

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In Agriculture, a Perennial Problem with Grains, Undark, by Ula Chrobak

 

Yellowstone Flooding: Why Is It Happening Now?, National Geographic, by SJ Keller

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Studying the Antlion Taught Me How To Be Human, Catapult, by Ambika Kamath

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Space on the Page, a Library of Congress podcast hosted by David Baron and Lucas Mix

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Hunting for emissions thousands of feet up, CU Boulder Today, by Kelsey Simpkins

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Meteor: The honest podcast about scicomm with impact, with Bethann Garramon Merkle and Virginia Schutte

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Bee Superfood: Exploring Honey's Chemical Complexities, NPR's Short Wave, by Berly McCoy, Emily Kwong, and Eva Tesfaye

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Inside the McDonald Observatory’s Mission to Preserve the Darkest Skies in West Texas, Alcalde, by Catherine Arnold

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Researchers Evaluate SURF Extremophiles in Effort to Trap Carbon Dioxide Deep Underground, Sanford Underground Research Facility, by Erin Lorraine Broberg

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Montana Tribes Want to Stop Jailing People for Suicide Attempts but Lack a Safer Alternative, Kaiser Health News, by Sara Reardon

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One Reason Men Often Sweep the Nobels: Few Women Nominees, Science Magazine, by Katie Langin

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