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What would it mean if Trump dismantled the US Department of Education?

Nov. 21, 2024

Donald Trump stated during his comeback campaign that he鈥檇 dismantle the education department if elected. Will Linda McMahon, his nominee for secretary of education, lead the way? Read from CU expert Kevin Welner on The Conversation.

Climate change is encouraging unsanitary toilet practices among vulnerable communities

Nov. 20, 2024

A study conducted in Cambodia has found that climate change makes toilets more likely to break, which leaves people more likely to 鈥済o鈥� outside. Read from CU expert James Harper on The Conversation.

Most book bans target children鈥檚 literature featuring diverse characters, authors of color

Nov. 12, 2024

The number of book bans in the U.S. has soared in recent years. A new study shines light on which types of books and authors are the main targets. Read from CU expert Katherine Spoon on The Conversation.

Missing link to 鈥楽nowball Earth鈥� history emerges from unusual rocks on Pikes Peak

Nov. 11, 2024

The evidence was found in a pebbly sandstone, Tava, encapsulated within the granite that formed baby直播app鈥檚 Pikes Peak around 700 million years ago. Read from CU experts Rebecca Flowers and Liam Courtney-Davies on The Conversation.

Disaster survivors want to rebuild safer, more sustainable homes, but cost misperceptions often stand in the way

Nov. 8, 2024

In interviews with residents and builders after disasters from Hawaii to baby直播app to Puerto Rico, experts found people often overestimated the cost of building back better. Read from CU Boulder's Abbie Liel and University of Notre Dame's Susan Ostermann on The Conversation.

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Evacuating in disasters like Hurricane Milton isn鈥檛 simple

Oct. 11, 2024

Evacuating is expensive, and for some people the risks of leaving can seem greater than staying, despite the storm. Read from CU expert Carson MacPherson-Krutsky on The Conversation.

Why wildfires started by humans can be more destructive, harder to contain

Oct. 8, 2024

The U.S. has seen huge wildfires in recent years, and 2024 is no exception. The vast majority of those that affect communities are started by human activity. Read from CU expert Virginia Iglesias on The Conversation.

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鈥楴obody Wants This鈥� rom-com gets old tropes with a new twist鈥攖he cute rabbi

Oct. 3, 2024

Nice Jewish men wanting to date non-Jewish women has been a trope of U.S. stage and screen for 100 years. Read from CU expert Samira Mehta on The Conversation.

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 CU expert Jared Bahir Browsh on The Conversation.

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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 CU expert Tracy Fehr on The Conversation.

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