R.A.T.S. is a CU Boulder student produced podcast featuring stories about the research and science carried out at CU Boulder. Seniors Molly Phannenstiel and Andres Belton explore a vast array of research topics ranging from social sciences to aerospace and physics. Each podcast — no more than three minutes — is packed full of information. Lab R.A.T.S. is produced by the Office University of Colorado Boulder Strategic Relations and Communications. Check out the CU Boulder Soundcloud and follow for more podcasts.

University of Colorado Boulder assistant professor Anushree Chatterjee talks about "super antibiotics", an antibiotic that will work on many drug-resistant pathogens.

Climate Policy Polarization by Dirk Martin

Faster, less expensive DNA sequencing now possible by Dirk Martin

Study on climate change and politics exposes how false assumptions sway people’s beliefs

Just how far apart are Republicans and Democrats when it comes to views on climate change?

Not nearly as far as most assume, according to new surveys of more than 2,000 adults. Despite the perceived political polarization in the U.S. Leaf Van Boven, a CU Boulder psychology professor and lead author of the study says they found that there is actually general agreement that climate change is real.

Chris Vargo talks about fake news and the efforts to counter the flase claims with fact-checking outlets.

University of Colorado art and art history professor George Rivera is traveling to South Korea to show artwork created by the Artnauts in the demilitarized zone of the countyr.

Studies done in Colorado have shown that wildfires contaminate fresh water sources. Fernando Rosario-Ortiz is a professor in CU boulders Department of Civil,Environmental and Architectural Engineering and was apart of this study. CU Lab R.A.T.S talks to Fernando about the findings

Robert Andrus talks about how hotter and drier summers paired with below-average snowpack winters is harming several tree species in the Colorado Front Range.

CU Boulder Art & Art History Professor George Rivera will hold an art exhibit from June 22 to Dec. 22, at South Korea's DMZ Museum roughly three miles south of the North Korean border. The exhibit will feature 117 pieces of art, including 23 from current CU Boulder students, specifically created to reflect the tensions of the DMZ and history of border conflict on the Korean peninsula.

The Korean trip is just Rivera’s latest in an extended stint of globe-hopping as ambassador for his art collective, Artnauts, started by Rivera in 1996. Rivera hopes the art starts a dialogue for social change.