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The increasing percentage of Americans who are not married or in a long-term partnership is testing employers, marketers and religious institutions. Read from CU expert Peter McGraw on The Conversation.
If designed, constructed and operated carefully, data centers can help the communities that host them by generating power and repurposing waste heat. Read from CU experts Gregor Henze and Sean Shaheen on The Conversation.
New research highlights the altruistic acts of youth during the pandemic and suggests that their experiences may have prepared them to respond to future disasters with greater empathy and resilience.
Donald Trump's approach recalls an era of U.S. "gunboat diplomacy," which spurred anti-imperialist and left-wing movements across Latin America. Read from CU expert Tony Wood on The Conversation.
Two experiments in the U.S. and U.K. found that AI fact‑checkers were more effective than humans at reducing belief in false news, but mainly among progressive users.
This summer, the BUENO Center for Multicultural Education and A Queer Endeavor, both based in the CU Boulder School of Education, will co-host the Chords of Esperanza: Queering Biliteracy, Centering Justicia conference, designed to support K-12 educators with understanding Colorado's inclusive curriculum laws and how to support their students within the scope of these laws.
All-women groups, whether in sports, music or business, are consistently underpaid compared to men, facing a "collaboration penalty" that solo stars like Taylor Swift and Coco Gauff often escape. Read from CU experts David Hekman and Mallory Decker on The Conversation.
Alia Khan is integrating field-based biogeochemical analysis with NASA's next-generation satellite sensors to quantify how biological algae blooms, mineral dust and wildfire smoke are darkening the Greenland Ice Sheet and accelerating its melt.
A bizarre, perpetually-open clam from Australia is running for Mollusk of the Year, offering scientists a chance to study how unusual animal forms evolve.
Daniel Knight and Michael Hannigan are leading a program that connects CU Boulder students with rural high schools to introduce hands-on engineering experiences in the classroom. The initiative serves 12 schools and nearly 700 high school students across rural Colorado each year.