Daniel Strain
- 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 new study finds that a nuclear war could throw the world's ocean chemistry for a loop—and coral reefs could pay the price.
- 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.
- Henry Kapteyn and Margaret Murnane, pioneers in the field of laser science, have won this year's prestigious Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics.
- Just like modern-day humans, Neanderthals may have seen the appeal in a little sand and surf, according to a new study.
- Buildings that can heal their own cracks, absorb toxins from the air or even glow on command? They may not be so far off, a new study suggests.
- Scientists have finally scaled the equivalent of the Rocky Mountain range in space.
- Researchers have taken the closest look yet at the Kepler 51 star system, home to the lowest-density planets ever discovered.
- NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has gotten closer to the sun than any other object designed and developed by humans—and CU Boulder scientists have been along for the ride.
- Mongolia's Tsaatan reindeer herders depend on munkh mus, or eternal ice, for their livelihoods. Now, soaring global temperatures may be threatening that existence.