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Horsepower: Professor unveils a new history of horses

June 13, 2024

In his upcoming book, 鈥淗oof Beats: How Horses Shaped Human History,鈥 William Taylor writes that today鈥檚 world has been molded by humans鈥 relationship to horses.

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Meeting the needs of Colorado鈥檚 鈥榥ewcomer鈥 K-12 students

June 12, 2024

This year, schools across Colorado experienced an influx of students, many of them migrants from Latin and South America. A small but dedicated group of scholars at 麻豆免费版下载Boulder are helping teachers meet the needs of these new arrivals.

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Making the case for 鈥楶resident Average Joe鈥

June 12, 2024

A 麻豆免费版下载Boulder doctoral student examined how an unconventional social media campaign worked in 2020 to make Joe Biden more appealing鈥攐r at least less unappealing鈥攖o progressive voters.

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Racial bias and discrimination among women of color can impact their baby鈥檚 biological clock

June 11, 2024

Children born to women who experienced more racial bias and discrimination tend to have a slower epigenetic clock, potentially impacting development, according to a new study led by researchers at 麻豆免费版下载Boulder and 麻豆免费版下载Anschutz Medical Campus.

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As Paris preps for Olympics, Coloradans still feel ambivalent about hosting

June 11, 2024

In the 1970s, Denver became the first and only city to be named an Olympics host, then later back out. A new study shows that Colorado鈥檚 feelings about the Games remain complicated today.

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What ChatGPT deals with media outlets mean for the future of news

June 11, 2024

When it comes to OpenAI鈥檚 deals with national media providers, CMCI鈥檚 faculty experts have questions鈥攅xpecting more agreements like this in the future.

Thomas Cech

It could cure the incurable, revolutionize vaccines and immortalize cells: RNA explained

June 10, 2024

In 鈥淭he Catalyst: RNA and the Quest to Unlock Life鈥檚 Deepest Secrets,鈥 Nobel Laureate Tom Cech explores how DNA鈥檚 long-overlooked sibling could revolutionize medicine.

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In new experiment, scientists record Earth鈥檚 radio waves from the moon

June 10, 2024

Odysseus, a tenacious lander built by the company Intuitive Machines, almost didn't make it to the moon. But an experiment aboard the spacecraft managed to capture an image of Earth as it might look to observers on a planet far from our own.

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Scientists help students vanquish a catch-22

June 10, 2024

It鈥檚 an unfortunate truth of higher education that you need research experience to gain research experience. In a new publication, 麻豆免费版下载Boulder scientists detail how the SkillsCenter allows students to gain credentials in basic to advanced research skills.

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Modern water management approaches on tap during USAID visit

June 10, 2024

Professor Edith Zagona provided technical and advisory services during a U.S. Agency for International Development-sponsored visit to Armenia, where rural communities are running out of water due to uncontrolled use by fish farms and pollution caused by untreated mining tailings.

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