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Inside the collapse of Disney’s America, the US history-themed park that almost was

9月. 24, 2024

Thirty years ago, Disney had grand plans to build a history-themed park in Virginia. But efforts to “Disneyfy” American history met staunch opposition, even in the halcyon 1990s. Read from CU expert Jared Bahir Browsh on 谈话.

a wall of photos of missing people in Nepal

Nepal’s revamped truth commissions must go beyond ‘ritualism’ to deliver justice to victims

9月. 20, 2024

A newly amended law may push the country beyond what has been a drawn-out and sluggish process to account for the country’s civil war. Read from CU expert Tracy Fehr on 谈话.

a tribute to some of the casualties of the 30-month conflict in Ukraine

Growing number of Ukrainians would reluctantly give up territory to save lives, 调查显示

9月. 19, 2024

Just half of survey respondents wanted to continue fighting to regain all Ukrainian territory including Crimea. Read from CU geography expert John O’Loughlin and colleagues on 谈话.

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Sunflowers make small moves to maximize sun exposure

9月. 16, 2024

Plants don’t just grow straight up—they can move in loopy and zigzagging ways to get more sunshine. Physicists were able to model a sunflower to predict how they grow. Read from CU expert Chantal Nguyen on 谈话.

A white-shouldered bumblebee visits the flowers of a goldenbanner.

Examining plant-pollinator interactions in a Rocky Mountain subalpine

9月. 11, 2024

CU expert Julian Resasco visited the same Rocky Mountain subalpine meadow weekly for a decade of summers—here's what he learned. 阅读对话.

野马

Domesticating horses had a huge impact on society—new science rewrites where, when it happened

9月. 3, 2024

对骨骼的新分析, 牙齿, genetics and artifacts suggest it’s time to revise a long-standing hypothesis for how humans domesticated horses. Read from CU expert William Taylor on 谈话.

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Urban wildfires disrupt streams and their tiny inhabitants—a warning of bigger problems

8月. 26, 2024

After wildfires in California and Colorado cities, levels of harmful metals in the water jumped. 大自然发出了危险的信号. Read from CU expert Lauren Magliozzi on 谈话.

用智能手机购物的人

Bipartisan data-privacy law could backfire on small businesses

8月. 13, 2024

隐私是要付出代价的. The American 隐私 Rights Act could undermine small entrepreneurs who rely on targeted digital advertising. Read from CU expert John Lynch and colleague Jean-Pierre Dubé on 谈话.

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks to supporters during a campaign rally in West Allis, 威斯康辛州

Kamala Harris’ biracial identity is a strength or weakness, depending on whom you ask

8月. 6, 2024

While many voters embrace Kamala Harris’ candidacy and the fact that she is a multiracial woman without any biological children, some Republicans are using her identity as fodder for attacks. Read from CU expert Jennifer Ho on 谈话.

A research assistant at the the German National Metrology Institute studies an atomic clock

Unequal access to quantum education may limit progress in this emerging field

2024年7月24日

Universities are beginning to investigate quantum information science education to develop a workforce ready for the technology, 现在是改善获取途径的时候了. Read from CU experts Bethany Wilcox and Josephine Meyer on 谈话.

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