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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.

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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.

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Food may have been scarce in Chaco Canyon

July 10, 2019

Chaco Canyon, a site that was once central to the lives of precolonial peoples called Anasazi, may not have been able to produce enough food to sustain its estimated population numbers.

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New drug therapy for cancer treatment based on CU Boulder research

July 9, 2019

A new drug therapy for cancer treatment, spun out of research performed in a CU Boulder biochemistry lab, may provide better results for patients with solid cancers and hematologic cancers, such as leukemia and lymphoma.

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Gardening: How getting dirty planting things has surprising health benefits

July 9, 2019

This week on the Brainwaves podcast: Gardening. It’s good for your physical health and your food budget. We have an interview with Chris Lowry, an associate professor of integrative physiology at CU Boulder, who wants to make a stress vaccine out of an unseen ingredient hidden deep in the soil.

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Bringing commonsense cannabis education to the masses

July 1, 2019

Cannabis researcher and professor Kent Hutchison has teamed up with the global online learning platform Coursera to launch a first-of-its-kind educational specialization “Medical Cannabis: Health Effects of THC and CBD.”

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How funny works: The serious science of humor

Why did the chicken cross the road? Humor experts aren’t sure, but they’ll break down why some jokes are laugh-worthy and others earn groans in this episode of the Brainwaves podcast.

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Neanderthals used resin 'glue' to craft their stone tools

June 26, 2019

New discoveries from two caves in Italy suggest that Neanderthals were a lot smarter than some give them credit for

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Summer blockbusters: How Hollywood's money-making formula is changing

June 25, 2019

We talk to movie experts about the shifts in Hollywood’s summer movie formula, as well as how seemingly unoriginal titles are breaking new ground in conversations about politics and race in this edition of the Brainwaves podcast.

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U.S. Olympic sports earn failing grade for self-governance

June 25, 2019

The organizations charged with overseeing U.S. Olympic sports from the elite level down to the youth level earned an average score of 58 out of 100 for self-governance in a new study published Tuesday.

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