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- The brutal beating and death of Vincent Chin near a Detroit nightclub enraged the Asian American community and led to changes in the legal system. Read from CU expert Jennifer Ho on The Conversation.
- Subalpine wetlands in the Rocky Mountains are warming, creating the perfect conditions for producing methylmercury, a potent neurotoxin, which is a concern for downstream water supplies. Read from CU expert Eve-Lyn Hinckley on The Conversation.
- Griswold v. Connecticut, the 1965 Supreme Court ruling protecting a husband and wife’s right to contraception, set the precedent for several other landmark cases about sex and privacy. Read from CU expert Samira Mehta on The Conversation.
- The law requires crowdfunded startups to report back to investors. The reality? Most don’t. Read from CU expert Andrew Schwartz on The Conversation.
- Suicide Basin, an ice-dammed lake on Mendenhall Glacier, has filled up with meltwater and sent destructive surges of water into Juneau for three straight summers. Read from CU expert Alton Byers and a colleague on The Conversation.
- The drought has been linked to the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, a natural climate pattern. A new study finds global warming is now influencing that natural phenomenon. Read from CU expert Pedro DiNezio and a colleague on The Conversation.
- During much of the last century, moose were apparently rare in Colorado, but encounters with humans are becoming more common as the population increases. Read from CU expert William Taylor and colleagues on The Conversation.
- The Marshall Fire Story Project was started to preserve the stories of people affected by the 2021 fire that killed two people and destroyed over 1,000 structures. Read from CU experts Kathryn Goldfarb and Lucas Rozell on The Conversation.
- While the changes in population structure that accompany low birth rates in the United States are real, the impact of these changes has been dramatically overstated. Read from CU expert Leslie Root and colleagues on The Conversation.
- ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ's Renée Crown Wellness Institute offers support to new mothers that is community-rooted, evidence-based and scalable. Read from experts Sona Dimidjian and Anahi Collado on The Conversation.