Health
Tornadoes, floods, fires and more affect 160 million people per year worldwide. On this episode of the Brainwaves podcast, what science is doing to help people and their property survive.
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.
On this episode of the Brainwaves podcast, we’re following news of a mobile app getting access to images of your face and more.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.