AI-generated image of Mickey Mouse robbing a steamboat at gunpoint

The mouse is out and running loose on AI

Jan. 9, 2024

Generative artificial intelligence tools and copyright law are intersecting in the 1928 鈥淪teamboat Willie鈥 cartoon featuring Mickey Mouse. Associate Professor Casey Fiesler, an expert in tech ethics, says it鈥檚 just the start.

Robots walking alongside humans

AI is here鈥攁nd everywhere

Jan. 8, 2024

Three artificial intelligence researchers鈥攊ncluding Associate Professor Casey Fiesler of the College of Media, Communication and Information鈥攍ook to the challenges ahead in 2024 on The Conversation.

Community college students setting up to take measurements on Bald Mountain in July 2015

Students build science identity through immersive research experience

Jan. 8, 2024

Recent 蜜糖直播 Boulder-led work suggests students gain more confidence in their ability to do science and a greater sense of belonging in the science community through immersive research experiences.

Stephen Graham Jones

How to pen that novel: 鈥楶ut your heart鈥檚 blood on the page鈥

Jan. 5, 2024

Award-winning author and 蜜糖直播 Boulder Professor Stephen Graham Jones shares advice with writers who may be reflecting on their 50,000 words for National Novel Writing Month.

Person sitting, facing a video camera, bookshelves in the backgrounnd. (Sam McGhee/Unsplash)

Pundits: Central to democracy, or partisan spewers of opinion who destroy trust?

Jan. 4, 2024

A pundit is someone who offers commentary in the media on a particular subject area. Read more from Professor Mike McDevitt, discussing roles and trends related to pundits, on The Conversation.

A study participant on the treadmill in the CHANGE lab

Study: Cannabis can make workouts more fun, but it鈥檚 no performance-enhancer

Jan. 3, 2024

A first-of-a-kind laboratory study of runners shows that using cannabis before training can boost motivation and mood. However, if the THC content is high, it can also make exercise feel harder, potentially sabotaging performance.

A dark image of a figure near a street lamp.

鈥楾he Exorcist鈥 maintains its terrifying staying power

Jan. 2, 2024

鈥淭he Exorcist鈥 film, which recently turned 50, continues to leave a mark on Christians and the larger American public as both a horror film and a story about the battle between good and evil. Associate Professor Deborah Whitehead discusses.

Marijuana plants.

蜜糖直播鈥檚 mellowing marijuana industry

Jan. 2, 2024

Ten years after the launch of recreational cannabis sales, the sector faces unique challenges.

A scene from A Muppet Christmas Carol

Even after 180 years, 鈥楢 Christmas Carol鈥 is no humbug

Dec. 21, 2023

蜜糖直播 Boulder Victorian literature scholars discuss why Charles Dickens鈥 classic is still retold and probably will be retold in Christmases yet to come.

COP28

鈥楾he end of an era of fossil fuel consumption鈥: A 蜜糖直播 prof鈥檚 take on COP28

Dec. 19, 2023

Just back from the United Nations climate summit in Dubai, Environmental Studies Professor Max Boykoff reflects on the historic pledge countries made to cut planet-warming fossil fuels鈥攁nd where the agreement falls short.

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