A forest sinks into a thawed permafrost lake.

Arctic permafrost thaw plays greater role in climate change than previously estimated

Feb. 3, 2020

Abrupt thawing of permafrost will double previous estimates of potential carbon emissions from permafrost thaw in the Arctic and is already rapidly changing the landscape and ecology of the circumpolar north, a new CU Boulder-led study finds.

This hanging cube uses LED lights to give viewers a look at the Aurora Borealis, or northern lights

Fiske exhibits let you visit the sun without burning your feet

Jan. 30, 2020

Fiske Planetarium is debuting two new exhibits designed by students that will give visitors a chance to get up close and personal with Earth's favorite star.

Traffic at dawn

‘Spring forward’ to daylight saving time brings surge in deadly crashes

Jan. 30, 2020

Fatal car accidents increase 6% in the week following the switch to daylight saving time, according to new CU Boulder research. The study comes as California and Florida lawmakers consider doing away with the time change.

Newborn baby in a blanket

U.S. birth weights drop due to rise in cesarean births, inductions

Jan. 29, 2020

U.S. birth weights have fallen significantly in recent decades due to soaring rates of cesarean deliveries and inductions, which have shortened the average pregnancy by about a week, according to new CU Boulder research.

A football on a field.

What to look for in this year’s Super Bowl ads

Jan. 29, 2020

Kelty Logan, associate professor of advertising in the College of Media, Communication and Information, offers up her predictions on what trends to expect with this year's Super Bowl commercials.

Phi Phi Island in Thailand packed with tourists

What’s Hollywood’s dirtiest secret? Its environmental toll

Jan. 27, 2020

From classics such as “Gone with the Wind” to modern films such as “Avatar,” the movie industry packs a serious, and often hidden, environmental cost, says film scholar Hunter Vaughan.

Henry Kapteyn and Margaret Murnane in their lab at JILA

Keeping up with the Curies: Laser scientists win prestigious physics award

Jan. 27, 2020

Henry Kapteyn and Margaret Murnane, pioneers in the field of laser science, have won this year's prestigious Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics.

A ghost town bank.

Growing up in a bank desert has major costs

Jan. 21, 2020

People who are exposed to banks and other financial institutions as kids are more likely to be financially stable later in life, new research from CU Boulder’s Leeds School of Business shows.

The House Subcommittee on Antitrust hears from company executives during a field hearing at CU Boulder.

Congress hears tech company complaints at Colorado Law

Jan. 17, 2020

Executives from four companies feeling hamstrung by big tech aired their grievances in front of members of Congress at CU Boulder.

A judge's gavel sits next to stack of law books

Judges deny abortion care to teens

Jan. 16, 2020

Thirty-seven states, including Colorado, require minors to notify their parents or go before a judge before having an abortion. A new 18-year-study conducted in Texas shows judges deny minors' request up to 13% of the time and the judicial-bypass process is humiliating and traumatizing for some teens.

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