China’s newest hypersonic missile, the DF-27, could sideline US aircraft carrier groups in the Pacific, while missiles in the works in China, Russia and the US threaten global security.
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Cloud seeding – spraying materials into clouds to increase precipitation – has been around for nearly 80 years. But only recently have scientists been able to measure how effective it really is.
Social media provides both a forum for communication and a public signal about what a bank’s customers believe. That means Twitter can facilitate coordination in real time.
AI is poised to reshape parts of US culture and society. Have tech developments raced ahead of our ability to understand the consequences?
Generative AI can seem like magic, which makes it both enticing and frightening. Scholars are helping society come to grips with the potential benefits and harms.
Generative AI is designed to produce the unforeseen, but that doesn’t mean developers can’t predict the types of social consequences it may cause.
Two decades of drought have reduced the river’s flow by one-third compared to historical averages. The Biden administration is considering mandatory cuts to some states’ water allocations.
The Passover Seder has tradition and remembrance at its core, but has also evolved throughout the centuries in Jewish communities around the world.
European colonists chronicled their version of how Indigenous peoples lived with horses. New collaborative research adds scientific detail to Indigenous narratives that tell a different story.
Avian influenza viruses have evolved to infect birds, but the current H5N1 outbreak is also infecting a wide range of mammals. This suggests that it could mutate into forms that threaten humans.
Rain falling on deep snow from a series of atmospheric rivers has heightened California’s flood risk. It’s a growing problem as the planet warms.
Much of the public discussion on preventing school shootings is about whether and how to limit people’s access to firearms. But other strategies can reduce the risk for violence.
New technologies are often surrounded by hopeful messages that they will alleviate poverty and bring about positive social change. History shows these assumptions are often misplaced.
Jurors can perceive events in a video in different ways – one of which depends on how the evidence is presented in court, a media scholar explains.
Un globo chino violó el espacio aéreo estadounidense, un incidente lo bastante grave como para impedir una reunión diplomática de alto nivel entre Estados Unidos y Pekín. Sin embargo, el globo en sí no representaba una gran amenaza.
A Chinese high-altitude balloon violated U.S. airspace, a serious enough breach to nix a high-level diplomatic meeting in Beijing. The balloon itself, however, was not much of a threat.
More homes are burning in wildfires in nearly every Western state. The reason? Humans.
As many cities grapple with the housing crisis, some places are rewriting regulations and finding creative ways to repurpose these hulking masses of concrete that suck up valuable real estate.
The death of a Black motorist after a beating by five Black Memphis police officers has triggered national outrage over police brutality and systemic racism with the U.S. criminal justice system.
A puzzle over the identity of an extinct bird that laid eggs across Australia has been solved.
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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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Director, Center for National Security Initiatives, and Professor of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
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Professor of Astrophysical and Planetary 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
