Skiers on the slopes at Palisades Tahoe ski resort

Tahoe avalanche: What causes seemingly safe snow slopes to collapse?

Jan. 11, 2024

A deadly avalanche at the Palisades Tahoe ski resort, home of the 1960 Winter Olympics, shows the risk as snow layers melt and new snow falls. Read from Associate Professor Nathalie Vriend, a physicist and avid skier, on The Conversation.

A wild gray wolf at Yellowstone National Park

Gray wolves in Colorado: How the reintroduction will affect prey, plants

Jan. 11, 2024

After an 80-year absence, gray wolves have returned to Colorado. Read from Professor Joanna Lambert on The Conversation, as she discusses the apex predator’s decline and the value of reintroducing them to ecosystems in the West.

A couple holding hands with matching tattoos

Science confirms it: Love leaves a mark on your brain

Jan. 10, 2024

The brain produces more of the pleasure-inducing hormone dopamine when we’re longing for or hanging out with our partner, according to research by CU 鶹 neuroscientists. But when we break up, that unique “chemical imprint” fades away.

Credit and loan applications.

Will you benefit from lower interest rates in 2024?

Jan. 10, 2024

Borrowing costs may drop this year, but elevated interest rates are likely to linger.

Antarctica

Acidity of Antarctic waters could double by century’s end, threatening biodiversity

Jan. 9, 2024

Without drastically reducing global emissions, the Antarctic Ocean could become too acidic for hundreds of species living there, many already endangered by rising temperatures and sea ice loss.

Martin Luther King Jr. monument in Washington, D.C.

Understanding the full legacy of MLK

Jan. 9, 2024

As we prepare to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Professor Ashleigh Lawrence Sanders shares insight on King’s fuller legacy, his trajectory as an activist and why people tend to boil him down to a few simplistic words and phrases.

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 “Steamboat Willie” cartoon featuring Mickey Mouse. Associate Professor Casey Fiesler, an expert in tech ethics, says it’s just the start.

Robots walking alongside humans

AI is here—and everywhere

Jan. 8, 2024

Three artificial intelligence researchers—including Associate Professor Casey Fiesler of the College of Media, Communication and Information—look 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 CU 鶹-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: ‘Put your heart’s blood on the page’

Jan. 5, 2024

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

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