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Rodger Kram, associate professor of integrative physiology at the University of Colorado Boulder

Even up hills, runners have a real spring in their step

Oct. 1, 2012

The automobile is a remarkable achievement of mechanics. But in the end, it鈥檚 got nothing on the human leg. Rodger Kram, associate professor of integrative physiology at the University of Colorado Boulder 鈥淚t鈥檚 amazing that in a car you have to have special components, an electric motor in a Prius...

Bullseye with races on it

Hierarchy of bias seen in decision to shoot

Oct. 1, 2012

In a United States still haunted by the legacies of race and slavery, even asking questions pertaining to race is disquieting to some. Even so, University of Colorado Boulder researchers have been exploring racial bias in police shootings for more than a decade.

Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience Tor Wager, director of CU Boulder鈥檚 Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Lab. Photo: Stephen Collector/The New York Times/Redux

Expecting less pain can lead to less pain

Oct. 1, 2012

What you don鈥檛 know won鈥檛 hurt you, goes the old canard, but what you believe can make a difference when it comes to pain relief, and not just in a subjective way. When you expect that a drug or placebo will relieve pain, and it does, it鈥檚 not simply a matter of fooling your brain.

Cartoon elephant and donkey

Feeling blue, seeing red

Oct. 1, 2012

During a general election year, the political divide in America is frequently on display in living color in the form of those ubiquitous 鈥淩ed vs. Blue state鈥 maps. No surprise, then, that many Americans believe that political polarization is on the rise.

A bird鈥檚-eye view of slurry about to be dropped on the High Park Fire near Fort Collins this summer. Photo by Staff Sgt. Tate Petersen, Company C, 2nd-135th General Support Aviation Support, National Gaurd

Verdict鈥檚 out on beetle-kill fire effects

Oct. 1, 2012

It鈥檚 hard not to notice the widespread patches of dead trees along the I-70 corridor. For many, there is a next logical thought: All those dead trees are going to provide fuel for a wildfire. But that conventional wisdom might be wrong.

Woman with dog

Sociologist does about-face on homeless people with pets

Oct. 1, 2012

Ten years ago, Leslie Irvine was on her high horse when it came to homeless people keeping companion animals. But Irvine began to think differently while working at an animal shelter.

Cover of book by Keith Maskus

Patent, copyright protection picture changing in globalized economy

Oct. 1, 2012

It seems, at first blush, to be something of a no-brainer: strengthening protections on American intellectual property rights (or IPRs) 鈥 on everything from drugs to music to technology 鈥 would be a boon to the national economy. After all, we hardly want unscrupulous governments and businesses in Brazil, China,...

Performers on stage

Albania comes to Boulder via Arvada

March 1, 2012

On May 28, a small crew will pack up the country of Illyria 鈥 better known as Albania 鈥 load it onto trucks, and haul it north, from Arvada to Boulder. Not the actual nation, it鈥檚 true, however, the caravan will transport the elaborate sets created to portray the world of Shakespeare鈥檚 鈥淭welfth Night.鈥

Smiling graduate

Want a longer life? Go to college

March 1, 2012

In the heat of the battle for the presidency, one candidate questioned the value of a higher education, suggesting that urging young people to go to college was the sign of a 鈥渟nob.鈥 But, it seems, more education translates directly into longer life.

Stefan Leyk

With clear uncertainty, prof maps disease through space and time

March 1, 2012

When most people think of maps, they think National Geographic, Rand McNally or 鈥 more likely these days 鈥 Google. Maps show us where places and objects are and sometimes, what they look like. They can be two-dimensional or three-dimensional, and whether they represent the inside of a human brain,...

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