From smallpox to polio: how vaccines changed the world
In the battlefield of human history, no enemy has claimed more lives than disease. Wars have reshaped borders and toppled…
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Shredding norms in skateboarding
This story appears in the fall 2024 issue of RED Magazine. Mary Sullivan, a recent graduate of Metropolitan State University…
Fear is flying high
Not long ago, getting on an airplane was a routine, if somewhat unpleasant, experience. That started changing when a fleet…
Love it or hate it, daylight saving time should be nothing to lose sleep over
Daylight saving time returns Sunday morning, reviving concerns about the tradition’s health impacts, along with debate about whether the benefits…
Why bird flu isn’t the next pandemic — yet
Bird flu has been tearing through poultry for several years now, infecting birds and prompting the wholesale slaughter of flocks….
How close are we to reaching the Red Planet?
Organizations such as NASA and SpaceX have long shared the ambition of reaching Mars. It is, after all, the most…
Microplastics might be worse than you think. Here’s why
Just when it seemed the news about microplastics’ potential for harm couldn’t get worse, an environmental researcher at Metropolitan State…
MSU Denver professor’s film ‘Anuja’ earns Oscar nomination
Editor’s note: Anuja earned an Oscar nomination for best Live Action Short Film, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and…
Why democracy needs peaceful power transfers to survive
Not long ago, the most potentially controversial thing about a presidential inauguration was what the incoming first lady would wear….
Inspire kids to turn off their screens with these 7 brain-building toys
For former kids now of a certain age, one of the most dreaded phrases in the English language was “educational…