Black and white photo of moon craters

Searching shadowed lunar landscapes for water

Nov. 15, 2023

Scientists suspect there’s ice hiding on the Moon, and a host of missions from the U.S. and beyond are searching for it.

Collage of horror movie posters

Alone in the woods … but not screaming for help

Nov. 15, 2023

Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder sociology instructor Laura Patterson details how feminism is influencing female roles in horror films, expanding them far beyond the ‘damsel in distress’ trope.

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Want to benefit from yoga? Stick with it

Nov. 14, 2023

Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder research associate Charleen Gust demonstrates that the physical and psychological benefits of yoga last longer with consistent practice.

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Oh, poop! What looks like a rock is filled with clues

Nov. 13, 2023

In studying dinosaur discards, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder scientist Karen Chin has gained expertise recently honored with the Bromery Award and detailed in a new children’s book.

St. Foy relic

Finding the authentic and counterfeit in medieval art

Nov. 6, 2023

In his Distinguished Research Lecture Nov. 28, Professor Kirk Ambrose will discuss how institutions used art to authenticate religious relics, as well as condemn counterfeiting.

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Your brain remembers what your fingers used to do

Nov. 2, 2023

New Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder research demonstrates that, with practice, older adults can regain manual dexterity that may have seemed lost.

Paintings of zombies and a pirate

Pirates and zombies are not so different

Oct. 31, 2023

In a recently published article, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder researcher Kieran Murphy traces the concurrent paths and points of intersection between pirate and zombie lore in Haiti and popular culture.

The Story of Constance and Don Juan painting

Haunting Don Juan through the centuries

Oct. 30, 2023

In a newly published paper, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder’s Emmy Herland explores how the very old story of Don Juan remains relevant through its ghosts.

Tibetan pastoralist herding yaks

‘Choosing’ to leave high-altitude Tibetan homes?

Oct. 24, 2023

Recent research by Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder geographer Emily Yeh studies the difference between consent and coercion in ‘voluntary’ resettlement of pastoralists in Tibet’s Nagchu region.

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Researchers strive to help models learn from ‘noisy’ data

Oct. 23, 2023

Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder’s Bortz group, in applied math, wins $1.88 million National Institutes of Health grant to study methods for learning models directly from noisy data.

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