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Study finds that, for many, drugs work no better than placebos, but resulting firestorm may have obscured nuances Newsweek heralded the 鈥渄epressing news about antidepressants鈥� and suggested that drugs like Prozac are 鈥渂asically expensive Tic Tacs.鈥� CNN also headlined the 鈥渟tartling news鈥� and suggested that 鈥渁ntidepressants don鈥檛 work.鈥� Commentators in...

Cartoon courtesy of Natural Hazards Observer - http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/o/ During major events and crises, social media鈥檚 importance is rising The alleged plot to 鈥渉ide the homeless鈥� during the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver foreshadowed Tweets and blog posts to come. A month before the convention, the blogosphere was atwitter because...

Politicians may talk tough about rival nations, but business people鈥檚 actions may be a better barometer of international relations. That鈥檚 one conclusion of Steve Chan, a political science professor at the University of Colorado who says conventional political theories don鈥檛 explain why China has become Taiwan鈥檚 most important trading partner,...

Harold Bloom, the noted literary critic, Yale professor and author of 鈥淭he Western Canon,鈥� has said that teaching Emily Dickinson鈥檚 poems leaves him with fierce headaches, 鈥渟ince the difficulties force me past my limits.鈥� How, then, are undergraduate students supposed to appreciate Dickinson? Elissa Guralnick, a University of Colorado professor...

Illustration of the NASA Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment, or GRACE. Image courtesy of NASA. Northern India鈥檚 groundwater is being pumped onto farm fields faster than it can be replenished by monsoons, and the rate of loss is accelerating, a recent study co-authored by a University of Colorado researcher has...

Just after midnight on Dec. 22, 2008, 5.4 million cubic yards of coal-fly ash overflowed a retention pond near the Kingston Fossil Plant in Tennessee. The event, which is still being sorted out, made for a perfect case study for Jill Litt's critical-thinking class.

A satellite image of the World Trade Center attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. (Image courtesy: NASA) Terrorism incites fear designed to coerce governments to act, according to definitions of 鈥渢errorism鈥� in U.S. law, in U.N. resolutions and elsewhere. But terrorism often prompts as much anger and retaliation as fear and...

Keeping an extensive collection of great art in storage is like having Stokowski conduct Beethoven in an empty concert hall. It鈥檚 a missed opportunity. Soon, the University of Colorado will have the space to connect its great art with people who savor it. The CU Art Museum has an impressive...

Did humor evolve as a sign of mental fitness? Potential friends and mates flock to funny people. Many a grim, solitary soul can vouch for that. But the possibility that humor evolved in humans as a sign of mental fitness鈥攁nd a way to increase reproductive success鈥攆inds support from a University...

University helped design and build now-orbiting Cosmic Origins Spectrograph Feb. 1, 2003, changed everything. Not only was it a disastrous loss for the friends and family of the astronauts aboard the space shuttle Columbia, which disintegrated as it re-entered Earth鈥檚 atmosphere, but it also dramatically changed the course of NASA...