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Dinosaurs’ demise, Martian environment and Earth’s climate fascinated Brian Toon as a kid, captivated him as a scientist, and propelled him to a wide-ranging research career marked by a common theme: tiny airborne particlesSince he was a kid, Owen
As headlines blare that “College is a waste of time” and “Degree not worth debt,” new college students might enter academia with skepticism and eye the flagging economy with wariness.But the ñ and its humanities
CU student one of thousands helped by state Traumatic Brain Injury Trust Fund that enterprising CU neuroscientist helped set up.
Beth Osnes, CU associate professor of theatre and dance, hugs Zinet, an Ethiopian woman. Their lives weave a human tapestry through a new movie, "Mother: Caring Our Way Out of the Population Dilemma." Two large families, two distant worlds, two
Rabbi Zalman Schacter-Shalomi was born in Poland, grew up in Austria, fled Nazi oppression in Europe, was ordained in Chabad Lubavitch Hasidism in America, and launched a new hybrid of Judaism for the world.Reb Zalman, as he is commonly known,
Effect is more pronounced among women partnered with less-masculine-looking men, researchers find; male intelligence shows no such effectWhen their romantic partners are not quintessentially masculine, women in their fertile phase are more likely to
As film’s silent era came to a close, it took with it location-based shooting and, thus, wilderness landscapes. The new sound-recording equipment was too cumbersome and delicate to travel outside the controlled confines of a studio.It wasn’t until
While stronger intellectual-property laws help economies in rich and poor nations, access to medicine is another issue; CU economist has done groundbreaking work in both areasIn 2006, after testing positive for HIV and seeing her CD4 count drop to
CU study is the first to quantify energy expenditure during sleep and wakeful periodsIn the first-ever quantification of energy expended by humans during sleep, a University of Colorado team has found that the metabolic cost of an adult missing one
Few bacteria would choose the hazardous man-made chemical pentachlorophenol (or PCP) from the menu of microbial delights.But one “bug” is giving it a shot. It’s the best-described of only a handful of bacteria known to break down the pollutant. One