Muhammad Ali and George Foreman fight on Oct. 30, 1974

Floating like a butterfly, stinging like a bee

Nov. 15, 2024

Fifty years after the famed “Rumble in the Jungle,†Muhammad Ali is remembered not only as the heavyweight champ but as a champion of civil rights.

Pine releasing pollen

Social media posts reveal regional patterns in seasonal allergies

Nov. 15, 2024

Scientists from CIRES and CU Boulder harnessed social media data to track patterns in allergy intensity across the United States, finding an allergy hotspot in the Southeastern U.S., a winter allergy season in Colorado and more.

An ocean surgeonfish with black spot syndrome

Fish on film: Uncovering the environmental drivers of black spot syndrome

Nov. 15, 2024

CU Boulder researchers use a unique, noninvasive method to determine the environmental factors contributing to several symptoms among tropical fish.

Woman wearing a t-shirt and shorts seated in a cluttered cabin aboard a space station

CUriosity: Can humans handle the stress of traveling to Mars?

Nov. 13, 2024

As humans spend longer and longer periods in space, the mental health of astronauts is increasingly important, says Aerospace Engineer Katya Arquilla. Her research could help people in orbit and on the ground.

Shopping bags.

Your brain on Black Friday

Nov. 13, 2024

CU Boulder marketing Professor Ying Zeng examines why consumers get swept up in holiday shopping madness and what they can do to shop smarter.

Woman standing on a balcony of a building with the Flatiron Mountains in the background. She is holding a cellphone and standing next to a small radar dish

Engineers transform smartphones into instruments for studying space

Nov. 13, 2024

Millions of Android phones across the globe have helped to capture the swirls and bubbles in Earth's atmosphere high above the surface in incredible detail.

Three bright galaxies with space behind them

Astrophysicists confirm the existence of three galactic ‘red monsters’ in the early universe

Nov. 13, 2024

An international team including astrophysicist Erica Nelson from CU Boulder has identified three ultra-massive galaxies already in place within the first billion years after the Big Bang.

Banned books display in a book store

Most book bans target children’s literature featuring diverse characters, authors of color

Nov. 12, 2024

The number of book bans in the U.S. has soared in recent years. A new study shines light on which types of books and authors are the main targets. Read from CU expert Katherine Spoon on The Conversation.

A yellow marine organism seen underwater

How did the division of labor emerge in animals and humans? Little-known organisms hold clues

Nov. 12, 2024

You've probably seen bryozoans at the beach without even knowing it—some look like floating balls of mucus, while others resemble a bit of crust growing over docks and other hard surfaces. According to a new study, these strange organisms may reveal how colony-forming animals evolved a system for divvying up jobs millions of years ago.

Pikes Peak

Missing link to ‘Snowball Earth’ history emerges from unusual rocks on Pikes Peak

Nov. 11, 2024

The evidence was found in a pebbly sandstone, Tava, encapsulated within the granite that formed Colorado’s Pikes Peak around 700 million years ago. Read from CU experts Rebecca Flowers and Liam Courtney-Davies on The Conversation.

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