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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.
From recycling heat from data centers to laying foundations made with algae, CU Boulder scientists are working to make tomorrow's homes and offices more climate-friendly.
An analysis of DNA from two million people shows that that the same genetic architecture that underlies things like depression, ADHD and substance abuse also boosts risk of a host of physical illnesses.
As federal policy shifts, the economics of clean energy are becoming harder to ignore. Jeff York, an expert on environmental entrepreneurship, explains where climate-focused startups are gaining ground and what it will take to bring them to scale.