A report calls for banning the use of emotion recognition technology. An AI and computer vision researcher explains the potential and why there’s growing concern.
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School officials can do a better job engaging families of color. Here are five ways for them to start.
In the wake of the New Deal, the business community realized that appealing to widely shared American values could get the public to oppose measures that curbed corporate power.
Largely unknown today, Bourbaki was the last mathematician to master nearly all aspects of the field. There’s just one problem: Bourbaki never existed.
Modified commercial drones are getting more powerful and can easily be turned into weapons. A researcher argues for ways to prevent their development.
As smartphone uptake and connectivity grows in Africa, so does the often unhealthy trend of young people betting on sports using their phones.
The technician who gave you that shiny manicure may be inhaling dangerous levels of toxic chemicals on the job.
Drought-driven humanitarian emergencies can be prevented if groundwater is reliably made available at strategic locations.
Yang menjadi ironi adalah para miliarder yang menciptakan masalah ini akan bisa bertahan hidup, sementara kita semua mati kepanasan di dalam mobil pengap berukuran planet.
Martin Luther is credited with initiating the split in Christianity that came to be called the Protestant Reformation. But don’t count out Erasmus, an early proponent of similarly radical ideas.
Mobile loan platforms have given Kenyans access to easy loans, but they come at a high price.
‘Two polar bears walk into a bar …’ is an unlikely opener for a joke, but memes and parodies are surprisingly effective ways to get people talking about climate change.
A new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report makes clear human-induced climate change threatens the health and function of the ocean and cryosphere - the frozen regions of the Earth.
The backlog in naturalization applications has ballooned to more than 700,000. Wait times have doubled in the last three years.
Studies show that the Arctic is heating up twice as fast as the rest of the planet.
Western states adopted a 7-year plan in May 2019 to manage low water levels in the Colorado River. Now they need to look farther ahead and accept that there will be less water far into the future.
Global CFC-11 levels were rising and no one knew why. Scientists turned detective to pinpoint the source.
African states may have an alternative funding source they could harness during times of crisis: diaspora investment.
There’s a strong case to ban gambling as it’s rapidly becoming a public health concern in sub-Saharan Africa.
Anti-Semitism brought down one of the world’s greatest centers for mathematical research.
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Lecturer, Cannabis Science course in the Division of Continuing Education, University of Colorado Boulder
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Teaching Assistant Professor of Creative Technology & Design, ATLAS Institute, University of Colorado Boulder
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PhD Student in Journalism, University of Colorado Boulder
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Professor of Theatre and Environmental Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
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Assistant Professor of Journalism, University of Colorado Boulder
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Associate Professor of Organizational Leadership, University of Colorado Boulder
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Lecturer of Media Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
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Professor in Astrophysics, Emeritus, University of Colorado Boulder
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Director, Center for National Security Initiatives, and Professor of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
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Assistant Teaching Professor of Critical Sports Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
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Professor of Education Policy & Law; Director of the National Education Policy Center, University of Colorado Boulder
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Assistant Professor of Building Systems Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder
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Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
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Professor of Environmental Studies and Fellow in the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado Boulder
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Researcher in Data Science, University of Colorado Boulder
