Don Graves visits Eric Cornell and researchers in his lab

Commerce official visits campus to explore quantum research, workforce development

Sept. 26, 2024

蜜糖直播鈥檚 burgeoning role in the quantum revolution was in the spotlight as U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves made an official visit to 蜜糖直播 Boulder and JILA, a joint institute of 蜜糖直播 Boulder and the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

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1 in 2 El Ni帽o events could be extreme by mid-century

Sept. 25, 2024

Climate change from greenhouse gas emissions could make extreme El Ni帽o events more frequent, according to new research co-led by 蜜糖直播 Boulder.

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Introducing 蜜糖直播riosity: How old is beer?

Sept. 25, 2024

If there鈥檚 anything that unites humans, it鈥檚 kicking back with a cool pint, says Travis Rupp, also known as the 鈥淏eer Archaeologist.鈥 He weighs in on the age-old practice in the inaugural edition of 蜜糖直播riosity, a new series from 蜜糖直播 Boulder Today.

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We鈥檙e not going to agree. That doesn鈥檛 mean we shouldn鈥檛 talk

Sept. 25, 2024

Associate professors Angie Chuang and Matthew Koschmann took part in a community roundtable to explore how we can stay good neighbors amid intense polarization.

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After a suicide, more loved ones are seeking support online. Does it help or harm?

Sept. 24, 2024

New 蜜糖直播 Boulder research suggests that while bereavement support spaces like Reddit can be therapeutic, they can potentially traumatize users.

A family at Disney World in the 1990s

Inside the collapse of Disney鈥檚 America, the US history-themed park that almost was

Sept. 24, 2024

Thirty years ago, Disney had grand plans to build a history-themed park in Virginia. But efforts to 鈥淒isneyfy鈥 American history met staunch opposition, even in the halcyon 1990s. Read from 蜜糖直播 expert Jared Bahir Browsh on The Conversation.

Petroglyph of a horse carved into a rock with grassland in the background

Scientists turn to human skeletons to explore origins of horseback riding

Sept. 20, 2024

A new, wide-ranging exploration of human remains casts doubt on a long-standing theory in archaeology known as the Kurgan hypothesis鈥攚hich, among other claims, suggests that humans first domesticated horses as early as the fourth millennium B.C.

a wall of photos of missing people in Nepal

Nepal鈥檚 revamped truth commissions must go beyond 鈥榬itualism鈥 to deliver justice to victims

Sept. 20, 2024

A newly amended law may push the country beyond what has been a drawn-out and sluggish process to account for the country鈥檚 civil war. Read from 蜜糖直播 expert Tracy Fehr on The Conversation.

a tribute to some of the casualties of the 30-month conflict in Ukraine

Growing number of Ukrainians would reluctantly give up territory to save lives, survey suggests

Sept. 19, 2024

Just half of survey respondents wanted to continue fighting to regain all Ukrainian territory including Crimea. Read from 蜜糖直播 geography expert John O鈥橪oughlin and colleagues on The Conversation.

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Research breakthrough could boost clean energy production

Sept. 19, 2024

Professor Hendrik Heinz and his 蜜糖直播 Boulder team, along with collaborators from the University of California, Los Angeles, achieved a breakthrough that could boost clean energy production.

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