Reflections from road royalty

As the Bolder Boulder approaches, runners recall decades of change in the sport

More than 60,000 people are expected to participate in the Bolder Boulder this year — what “may be the world’s best mass participation race in the United States,” according to Runner’s World magazine.

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The gut as a second brain

Boulder naturopaths say food allergies can cause depression

We know that certain foods can affect the way we feel. But what about the way food makes us think?

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Beetle-mania

Is Colorado ready for a new beetle infestation?

After suffering more than 15 years of a mountain pine beetle outbreak, Colorado’s forests are now facing another bark beetle epidemic. Last year, 183,000 acres of Colorado’s forests were infested with the spruce beetle, bringing the total acreage affected by spruce beetles to just under 1 million since the initial outbreak in 1996.

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Boulder’s Best Mixologist competition takes local one sip further

“There are always these really great chefs, who are like celebrities,” says Katelin Westfall, a mixologist who will compete on behalf of Aji this year. “But bartending has a lot of the same concepts — you’re still creating something from scratch, and you’re still putting your heart into it.

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Forest Service says when trees die, people die

Study explores intersections of forest health and human health

Forest Service researchers have used the emerald ash borer, a beetle that has killed more than 100 million trees in the eastern and midwestern U.S., to study the correlation between human health and forest health. They conclude that counties severely impacted by the emerald ash borer also had higher human mortality rates.

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Searching for a road home

Boulder family hit hard by federal sequestration

Tucked back into the corner of a dimly lit kitchen, two boys giggle, then burst out into uncontrollable laughter. The bulb that sits atop a long, skinny floor lamp — the sole source of light for the Sigg-Brown family kitchen — is loose.

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An unbalanced equation

Conference on World Affairs panelists discuss biases and the struggle for equal opportunity and equal confidence

Shortly after Ben Barres, a professor of neurobiology at Stanford University, gave a speech about his discoveries regarding nerve cells at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1998, an MIT faculty member was overheard saying, “Ben Barres gave a great seminar today, but then again, his work is much better than his sister’s.”

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Educational: Life after high school

Camps foster teens’ independence

Whether it’s about living on a college campus or backpacking along the rim of the Grand Canyon, teen-focused camps aim to aid in preparation for life after high school — both in terms of academic preparation and a sense of independence that will be key as those young adults leave home.

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Maca mania

New Incan superfood stirs mixed emotions in Boulder

Maca, the mighty superfood, has hit the shelves of Boulder, and it comes bearing a number of red flags.

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Quinoa conundrum

North American production stirs mixed feelings

But amidst all of the tingling and buzzing, there’s another chapter being added to the quinoa story: Grain breeders are now working with farmers to make quinoa a sustainable crop in North America.

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