Shelley Schlender

Colorado City Teams With Jaipur, India, to Celebrate Literature

The Jaipur Literature Festival began in the city of Jaipur, India. With 300 speakers and over 500 million visitors every year, it is the world's largest free literary festival. The festival also travels internationally. One stop is Boulder, Colorado. Shelley Schlender reports.

Colorado City Teams With Jaipur, India, to Celebrate Literature

The Jaipur Literature Festival began in the city of Jaipur, India. With 300 speakers and more than 500 million visitors every year, it is the world's largest free literary festival. The festival also travels internationally. One stop is Boulder, Colorado. Shelley Schlender reports.

Volunteer English Language Teachers in Colorado Build Connections for Immigrants

In Colorado, an award-winning group called Intercambio trains volunteers to teach English as a second language to immigrant students from around the world

English Language Volunteer Teachers in Colorado Build Meaningful Connections for Immigrants

For immigrants to the U.S., learning English is often hard because it can be difficult to find English classes, and private lessons can be expensive. In Colorado, an award-winning group called Intercambio trains volunteers to teach English as a second language to immigrant students from around the world. In the process, volunteers and their students become lasting friends, building meaningful connections and a deeper soul for the community. From Longmont, Colorado, Shelley Schlender reports.

Gourmet Grubs Wriggle onto American Palate

Insects are crawling onto menus at restaurants across the United States.

Gourmet Grubs Wriggle Onto American Palate

It may sound gross to some, but edible insects are a great source of high quality protein and essential minerals such as calcium and iron. Edible grubs offer all that, plus high quality fat, which is good for brain development. Insects are part of the diet in many parts of the world. But not in the U.S., where bug phobias mean insect dishes are extremely rare. But that's starting to change ... and some steps are so small, they are micro-sized. From Denver Colorado, Shelley Schlender reports.

Century-Old American Art Form Alive and Tapping

Tap dance gets its name from the sounds made by special shoes with metal taps. The American art form got its start in the 1800s, as a melting pot of ethnic percussive dances blended African tribal dances with Scottish hornpipes and jigs. It fit especially well with another American art form, jazz, and its influence spread through minstrel shows, movies and Broadway. Now, a new generation is learning the steps, and older fans are still tapping away. From California, Shelley Schlender reports.

Century-Old American Art Form Alive and Tapping 

Dogs Trained to Monitor Low Blood Sugar May Save Lives

Furry blood sugar monitors work better than electronic ones

Dogs Trained to Monitor Low Blood Sugar Levels May Save Lives

Diabetics who use insulin to control their blood sugars can sometimes end up with very low readings that, if left untreated, can lead to death. While modern blood sugar monitoring systems can warn patients when their blood sugar levels are dangerously low, there is another, more "user-friendly" way to do the same thing. Shelley Schlender reports.

New Gene Editing Tool May Yield Bigger Harvests

New Gene Editing Tool May Yield Bigger Harvests

CRISPR can speed development of more robust crops

Two Illegal Drugs May Soon Be Legal Medicine in US

Pot and a party drug heading toward serious roles in medicine

Two Illegal Drugs May Soon Be Legal Medicine

A growing body of scientific evidence is leading the U-S Food and Drug Administration to take a closer look at two illegal drugs that the federal government deems to have “no currently accepted medical use.” Now both are nearing the finish line for potential approval, as legal prescriptions for the treatment of childhood epilepsy and post-traumatic stress disorder. From Boulder, Colorado, Shelley Schlender reports.

Cost to Visit Some US National Parks to Double

Proposal to hike entrance fees at some of the most popular US national parks gets mixed reaction

Radio Pollution Creates Space Shield for Satellites

Astronomers discover source of the invisible space shield that protects satellites

Source of Protective Space Shield Identified

Human-caused space pollution can range from a hammer that floats away from a space station, to a nuclear weapons test in the atmosphere, and could damage nearby spacecraft. But one unexpected source of “pollution” helps many satellites. The special pollution protects spacecraft from “killer electrons,” in a region above the earth called the Van Allen belts. Reporting from Boulder, Colorado, Shelley Schlender reports.

Google Street View Cars Map Methane Leaks

Colorado scientists create methane maps to help citizens monitor pollution and gas companies fix leaks

Cooperative Board Games Let Everyone Win... or Lose

When the deck is stacked against everyone, there’s still a way to win

In This Game, Cooperation Can Save the World

Taking turns, taking risks and following the rules are lessons people learn by playing games. One road to those skills is board games, where people sit together and move figurines on a special board. One player wins. Everyone else is defeated. But a newer style teaches a different skill. In these games, the deck is stacked against everyone. Players only win if they cooperate. Shelley Schlender reports.