Rae Ellen Bichell
Rae Ellen Bichell is a reporter for NPR's Science Desk. She first came to NPR in 2013 as a Kroc fellow and has since reported Web and radio stories on biomedical research, global health, and basic science. She won a 2016 Michael E. DeBakey Journalism Award from the Foundation for Biomedical Research. After graduating from Yale University, she spent two years in Helsinki, Finland, as a freelance reporter and Fulbright grantee.
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The Denver Post wasn’t dying, says Larry Ryckman; it was being murdered. “We were under attack by our own owners,” says Ryckman , who was until recently...
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During the 2017 fiscal year, our region received a collective $10 million in grant funding through a federal program called Title X, the brunt of it...
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A new species of tick, the longhorned tick, has arrived in the U.S. In other parts of the world it’s been known to carry diseases that can sicken people...
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Starting this fall, our region will host something new: a graduate program in space resources. “This is the very first program in the world that is...
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Representatives of state outdoor recreation offices gathered in Denver Wednesday to sign something called the Confluence Accords. The eight states...
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The Pew Research Center is reporting that more than a third of large newspapers laid off staff in the last year or so, including in our region. When The...
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Pikas are fluffy mammals that live at high altitudes across the West. They squeak when danger nears. The squeaky fluff-balls are considered indicators...
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According to the Western Governors Association, species like the Canada thistle and common carp aren’t just nuisances -- they’re a matter of western...
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Dozens of young children were reunited with their parents yesterday after being separated at the border under the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance...
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One of the world’s biggest firefighting aircraft is based in Colorado Springs. But it's fighting fires in California right now, rather than in the...