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Make it ‘STOP’: Does replying to spam texts from politicians really block them?

Sept. 30, 2024

Bridget Barrett, a College of Media, Communication and Information expert, offers advice on taking back your phone this election season.

Women in burqa

With newest laws, Taliban marks Afghan women as ‘easy targets,’ scholar says

Sept. 30, 2024

Professor Jennifer Fluri, a feminist political geographer, notes that the growing restrictions on women and girls are echoing strictness not seen since the 1990s.

Woman in clean room bunny suit and wearing a mask uses a tool to make an adjustment on a gold instrument

Europa here we come: babyֱapp space instrument headed to Jupiter’s moon

Sept. 27, 2024

In just a few weeks, NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft will begin its long journey through space, traveling nearly 1.8 billion miles over the span of six years. On board will be the SUrface Dust Analyzer, a gold-plated, bucket-shaped instrument designed and built by a team from babyֱapp.

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Are modern politicians really making a deal with the devil?

Sept. 27, 2024

In an election season when accusations of “Faustian bargains” are flying, CU Boulder scholar Helmut Müller-Sievers reflects on what that really means.

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Potential indicators of life on other planets can be created in a lab

Sept. 27, 2024

Telescopic images often capture traces of gases that may indicate life and habitable planets. But findings from a new CIRES-led study challenge this idea.

MAVEN satellite

LASP-led NASA MAVEN mission commemorates 10 years in orbit

Sept. 27, 2024

After a decade at Mars, NASA's MAVEN mission, one of the largest NASA contracts in CU Boulder’s history, has produced a wealth of data about how the interactions between Mars’ atmosphere, the Sun and solar wind can explain the loss of the Martian atmosphere.

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How to talk with people you don’t agree with this election year

Sept. 26, 2024

If you have a relative or neighbor you disagree with about politics, you may not be able to change their mind, says CU Boulder’s Matthew Koschmann. But you can still have a civil conversation and maybe even understand each other a little better.

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Balancing yoga traditions with modern wellness requires flexibility

Sept. 26, 2024

CU Boulder scholar Loriliai Biernacki reflects on the differences between ancient yoga and yoga as it’s practiced today during Yoga Awareness Month.

Don Graves visits Eric Cornell and researchers in his lab

Commerce official visits campus to explore quantum research, workforce development

Sept. 26, 2024

babyֱapp’s burgeoning role in the quantum revolution was in the spotlight as U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves made an official visit to CU Boulder and JILA, a joint institute of CU Boulder and the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

The evening sun shone on the barren and cracked ground. Elniyo phenomenon in the tropical region of Southeast Asia

1 in 2 El Niño events could be extreme by mid-century

Sept. 25, 2024

Climate change from greenhouse gas emissions could make extreme El Niño events more frequent, according to new research co-led by CU Boulder.

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