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We are joined by Pavo Goldstein to talk about the science behind holding hands with a spouse and how it can help relieve negative effects from child birth.

Night Shifts and Diabetes by Dirk Martin

Heart break a feeling we have all felt, but how does it work? Today we visit this idea and dig deep with leone Koban and talk about using the placebo effect to help with heart break.

Just breathe, seem obvious? Today we talk with Daniel Craig about the benefits of breathing.

Today on lab rats we talk to "single, stay-away-from-home mom” Nancy Norton, winner of the 2018 Boston Comedy Fest and and Jessi Rivin, doctoral student in organizational behavior and information systems at CU Boulder’s Leeds School of Business about how women are perceived in comedy and using comedy in the work place.

With 19 candidates already in the running, and former Vice President Joe Biden expected to officially enter the race Wednesday, the 2020 Democratic nominating contest is shaping up to be one of the most crowded in history. CU Boulder Political Science Professor Kenneth Bickers offers insight into the pros and cons of having such a large field of candidates running for the Democratic presidential nomination.

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Rare lunar eclipse to entertain millions on Sunday night On Sunday night people from North America to Europe, Africa and the Central Pacific will be treated to a rare spectacle - a combination of a “super moon,” a ”blood moon” and a “wolf moon.” Paul Hayne, an assistant professor of astrophysical and planetary sciences at CU Boulder, explains what is so unique about this rare celestial event.

Sandra Ristovska, assistant professor in media studies at the University of Colorado Boulder, talks about the deep connection between visual imagery and human rights displayed in her new book.

State forest managers recently announced that 2.9 million Coloradans, roughly half the state’s population, live in wildfire prone areas putting them at risk of the type of megafires that recently scorched California communities, says Michael Kodas, deputy director of CU Boulder’s Center for Environmental Journalism and author of Megafire. He says a combination of past firefighting practices, a warming climate and increasing urban development is driving this fiery epidemic.

As onshore and offshore wind energy farms have proliferated globally in recent years, new research led by CU Boulder highlights a previously underexplored consequence: a wake effect from upwind wind farms that can reduce the energy production of their downwind neighbors, says CU Boulder economist and co-author of the study, Danial Kaffine.

Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado Boulder Nathan Schneider talks about co-operatives, their importance in a digital age, and his new book titled Everything for Everyone.

Christina Ladem, a Ph.D. candidate in the political science department at the University of Colorado Boulder, talks about why more women are running for political office, especially following the 2016 presidential election.

The heckling is real, the riots just acknowledged, and they are part of an innovative teaching method called Reacting to the Past, which was initiated at Barnard College in New York. Michaele Ferguson, an associate professor of political science at the University of Colorado Boulder, usually teaches at least one class a semester involving these games, which require students to play characters from the past.

At 50, Night of the Living Dead is still digging up social commentary.

The emergence of antibiotic resistant bacteria is becoming increasingly problematic for medical providers and dangerous for people who need medical treatment. Research to find a way to counter this threat is underway at CU Boulder where Corrie Detweiler and her team are looking to find alternative ways to confront the problem.

From broadband cooperatives bringing high-speed to rural communities to taxi drivers joining forces to fend off Uber, the co-op movement is alive and well. Listen to the author and CU Boulder professor Nathan Schneider talk about the 21st Century cooperative movement as it becomes an economic force in America.

Barn swallows can eat hundreds of mosquitoes a day, but their numbers are declining. A collaboration between art and science at CU Boulder provides a new bird condo with move-in-ready nesting space. Photo Courtesy of: By JJ Cadiz, Cajay, from Wikimedia Commons

University of Colorado graduate Rachael Kaspar talks about a new discovery about bee behavior. Older bees can influence younger bees to fan their wings to cool the hive.

A new study suggests that damaging weather events, more common to the Pacific Northwest, will happen more frequently in Colorado in the coming years. The study by CU Boulder and the National Center for Atmospheric Research found that due to climate change, flooding caused by rain falling on snowpack could more than double by the end of this century in areas of the western U.S., including Colorado’s high country, says CU Boulder researcher and lead author Keith Musselman.