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New Horizons takes best measurements yet of the universe's eerie glow

Sept. 3, 2024

Over billions of years, the universe's stars and galaxies have left behind an imperceptibly faint light in space. NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has traveled to the edge of Earth's solar system and captured the most accurate measurement of this glow to date.

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Does that player in the video game look familiar?

Aug. 30, 2024

Fifteen years after Ed O’Bannon’s groundbreaking lawsuit, college athletes continue to benefit from greater control of their name, image and likeness.

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AI images abound this election cycle. Here’s how you can tell fact from fiction

Aug. 29, 2024

In an election year, experts from CU Boulder weigh in on strategies you can take to distinguish real and fake images online—and how to talk to friends and family spreading misinformation.

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From harmony to civil war: When language turns deadly

Aug. 29, 2024

CU political scientist Jaroslav Tir argues it’s not just what a government says about its ethnic minorities but also the language it uses that can be threatening.

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Studying the importance of belonging

Aug. 29, 2024

How do we create a sense of belonging for higher education students? By fostering a sense of belonging for everyone, including faculty and staff. That is the key takeaway from a new article published by professors Noah Finkelstein and Phoebe Young.

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Study: COVID skewed maternal death statistics, fueling false claims about abortion

Aug. 28, 2024

Abortion opponents have pointed to “marked declines” in maternal deaths since the Dobbs decision. A new CU Boulder paper seeks to set the record straight.

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Data dump: Meta killed CrowdTangle. What does it mean for researchers, reporters?

Aug. 27, 2024

Without access to social media data, disinformation and hate speech may become easier to spread—and harder to detect.

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Urban wildfires disrupt streams and their tiny inhabitants—a warning of bigger problems

Aug. 26, 2024

After wildfires in California and Colorado cities, levels of harmful metals in the water jumped. Nature sent up a red flag. Read from CU expert Lauren Magliozzi on The Conversation.

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Report shows 2023 marked by record-breaking greenhouse gas levels, extreme heat and high sea levels

Aug. 22, 2024

The new international annual review of the world’s climate showed that 2023 was the warmest year on record. A CU Boulder scientist weighs in on how the rising global greenhouse gas concentration is driving climate change and what we can do.

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Uncovered Euripides fragments are ‘kind of a big deal’

Aug. 22, 2024

CU Boulder Classics scholars Yvona Trnka-Amrhein and John Gibert identified previously unknown fragments of two lost tragedies by Greek tragedian Euripides.

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