Clint Talbott

The devastating drought of 2009 in northern Tanzania generated new coping strategies by Maasai people, suggesting that Maasai with more money and social connections are better able than their poorer, less-connected neighbors to endure extreme events such as drought and, potentially, climate change, a team of University of Colorado Boulder researchers has found.

Wei Zhang, an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Colorado Boulder, has won a prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship.Awarded annually since 1955, the fellowships are given to early career

Steven Hayward has been appointed the first Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy, the University of Colorado Boulder announced last month.

Time magazine dubbed Margaret Mead one of the 20th century’s 100 most influential scientists and thinkers. It also depicted Mead as a sloppy researcher. A University of Colorado Boulder professor has now debunked the source of that slander.

The fight against fires begins before the first spark—when homeowners in the wildland-urban interface choose whether to remove trees and bushes near their homes.

Sex is apparently like income: People are generally happy when they keep pace with the Joneses. They’re even happier if they get a bit more than their peers.

At the 75th Street Wastewater Treatment Facility are, from left to right: Chris Douville, the city of Boulder’s coordinator of wastewatertTreatment; Cole Sigmon, process optimization specialist; David Bortz, assistant professor of applied

“Nature teaches beasts to know their friends,” wrote Shakespeare. In humans, nature may be less than half of the story, a team led by University of Colorado Boulder researchers has found.

While descending Cathedral Spire in Yosemite Valley, Richard Laver lost his route. But after a night stranded on a ledge in darkness, he found an answer that had eluded mathematicians for two decades.

A CU-Boulder anthropologist and a collaborator from Florida have won a $230,000 grant to examine the role of religion in the social and political innovations that led to the emergence of Mesoamerican civilization.