News Headlines
- 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.
- From inflated interest rates to future tax hikes, CU Boulder finance expert Shaun Davies explains what today’s debt levels could mean for tomorrow’s economy—and your wallet.
- A team of computer scientists discovered that some AI large language models can solve sudoku puzzles, but even the best ones struggle to explain how they did it.
- A new congressionally mandated report by a CU oceanographer warns that the use of nuclear weapons could collapse ocean ecosystems, trigger global climate disruptions and put billions at risk of starvation.
- 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.
- Anthony Straub is making revolutionary advances in water purification for life on Earth and in space with nanoscale membranes—thinner than 1/100th the width of a human hair.
- In this edition of "Unlocking Scholarly Publishing," the University Libraries dive into pop star Taylor Swift's journey into becoming a champion for author's rights.
- A new interactive tool exposes the fragile, interconnected web of global food trade—and how climate change could disrupt it.
- Sanghamitra Neogi in CU Boulder’s aerospace engineering department will use $200,000 in grant funding to launch a startup in which she will offer software that uses quantum physics to model microchip designs.
- On the 100-year anniversary of the Scopes Evolution Trial, CU Boulder scientist Andrew Martin reflects on science education and on "same issues, different players."