Research
Although tumbleweeds were familiar icons of the West, they were not native to the West, nor were they growing around the early western towns when they were established.
A first look at the intersection of climate change and the relatively good health of new migrants—or “healthy migrant effect”— suggests that the changing climate might propel less-healthy people to migrate from Mexico to the United States.
Marijuana may not be as damaging to the brain as previously thought, according to new research from the and the CU Change Lab.
Coloradans “firmly disapprove” of President Donald Trump and the U.S. Congress, have waning confidence in state lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, and overwhelmingly support “Dreamers,” CU Boulder research shows.
New study sheds light on key protein in memory formation and its potential role in the treatment of neurological diseases.
Compiling the first global atlas of soil bacteria, researchers have identified a group of around 500 key species that are both common and abundant worldwide.
Rising air during global dust storms on Mars hoists water vapor high in the the planet's atmosphere, new research shows.
Researchers have caught a supermassive black hole in a distant galaxy snacking on gas and then "burping"—not once, but twice.
A 60-year-old mystery regarding the source of energetic and potentially damaging particles in Earth's radiation belts is now solved, thanks to a satellite built and operated by students.
New research shows that a long-held hypothesis about the factors that govern species ranges largely holds true, but may be the result of a previously under appreciated ecological mechanism.