Couple taking a selfie with a smartphone

How social media makes breakups that much worse

Feb. 13, 2020

A new CU Boulder study documents how features such as News Feed, Memories, and shared groups and photos can bring painful reminders of exes into our lives even after we've taken measures to hide them on Facebook.

A forest in the southern Rocky Mountains with trees killed by bark beetles.

Forests bouncing back from beetles, but elk and deer slowing recovery

Feb. 13, 2020

New research reveals that even simultaneous bark beetle outbreaks are not a death sentence to the state’s beloved forests.

An aerial stock photo of Denver's skyline.

Business filings slow, indicating job slowdown ahead

Feb. 12, 2020

Colorado business growth continues to slow down, indicating a continued slowdown in job growth in 2020.

Panelists debate the future of technology at the Silicon Flatirons 2020 conference.

Tech leaders debate tomorrow’s solutions at Colorado Law conference

Feb. 10, 2020

Colorado Law's Silicon Flatirons Center recently hosted Federal Communications Commissioner Michael O’Rielly, Federal Trade Commissioner Rohit Chopra, Rep. Joe Neguse, CEO Anne Toth and Director of Global Public Policy Lisl Brunner, among others.

A quadcopter drone flies into an entrance at Edgar mine, an experimental facility at the Colorado School of Mines

Drones go underground in high-stakes competition

Feb. 5, 2020

Underground robots will soon become part of CU Boulder’s efforts to achieve new feats of spelunking as part of a high-stakes competition launched by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

A mushroom cloud erupts during the Castle Bravo nuclear weapon test at Bikini Atoll in 1954.

First-of-its-kind study examines toll of nuclear war on world’s oceans

Feb. 5, 2020

A new study finds that a nuclear war could throw the world's ocean chemistry for a loop—and coral reefs could pay the price.

A forest sinks into a thawed permafrost lake.

Arctic permafrost thaw plays greater role in climate change than previously estimated

Feb. 3, 2020

Abrupt thawing of permafrost will double previous estimates of potential carbon emissions from permafrost thaw in the Arctic and is already rapidly changing the landscape and ecology of the circumpolar north, a new CU Boulder-led study finds.

This hanging cube uses LED lights to give viewers a look at the Aurora Borealis, or northern lights

Fiske exhibits let you visit the sun without burning your feet

Jan. 30, 2020

Fiske Planetarium is debuting two new exhibits designed by students that will give visitors a chance to get up close and personal with Earth's favorite star.

Traffic at dawn

‘Spring forward’ to daylight saving time brings surge in deadly crashes

Jan. 30, 2020

Fatal car accidents increase 6% in the week following the switch to daylight saving time, according to new CU Boulder research. The study comes as California and Florida lawmakers consider doing away with the time change.

Newborn baby in a blanket

U.S. birth weights drop due to rise in cesarean births, inductions

Jan. 29, 2020

U.S. birth weights have fallen significantly in recent decades due to soaring rates of cesarean deliveries and inductions, which have shortened the average pregnancy by about a week, according to new CU Boulder research.

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