Automakers Honda and GM pooling their efforts to develop an ultra-efficient hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle by 2020  
 
Recent rains helping to bolster moisture and allowing Durango’s annual fireworks display to dodge the axe after a pyrotechnics-sless 4th last summer  
 
Researchers in Japan fabricating mini human livers from skin cells, giving hope to damaged and worn-out livers everywhere  
The drought continuing to tighten its grip, with city leaders asking residents to cut back on water usage and the city reservoir a foot lower than average
 
 

Erratic winds and extremely volatile fire conditions leading to the deadliest wildfire in more than 80 years, with 19 firefighters perishing in Arizona’s Yarnell Hill Fire

  
 
   
Fire-ravaged Colorado Springs being hit by yet another natural disaster, as heavy rains caused mudslides in the fire-scarred Waldo Canyon area