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5 essential reads on modern lunar missions

Dec. 14, 2023

Scientists and space agencies are shooting for the moon. Chandrayaan-3鈥檚 successful landing made 2023 a big year for lunar exploration, and future years will come with even more discoveries. Look back on The Conversation archives, featuring CU expert Paul Hayne.

a large menorah in front of a Christmas tree at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany

Hanukkah celebrations have changed dramatically鈥攂ut the same is true of Christmas

Dec. 5, 2023

Assimilation no doubt played a role in making Hanukkah the commercialized holiday it is today. But other factors shaped the modern festival, too, says CU expert Samira Mehta. Read more on The Conversation.

Scientists suspect there鈥檚 ice hiding on the moon

Nov. 15, 2023

Some dark craters on the moon are never exposed to light鈥攊ce could be hiding in these permanently shadowed regions, and a host of missions from the U.S. and beyond are searching for it. Read from CU expert Paul Hayne on The Conversation.

Close-up of the head of a yellowspot rabbitfish with orange spots and purple skin

How animals get their skin patterns is a matter of physics

Nov. 8, 2023

Understanding how animals鈥� intricate spots and stripes form can help scientists mimic those processes in the lab, potentially improving medical diagnostics and synthetic materials in the future. Read from CU expert Ankur Gupta on The Conversation.

1923 Renaissance basketball team, New York City

A century ago, a Black-owned team ruled basketball

Nov. 2, 2023

In 1923, one of the top professional basketball franchises began play in Harlem, challenging the dominance of white sports. Today there are no Black majority owners in any of the four major North American sports leagues. Read from CU expert Jared Bahir Browsh on The Conversation.

New technique uses near-miss particle physics to peer into quantum world

Oct. 17, 2023

CU Boulder鈥檚 Dennis Perepelitsa and colleagues have developed a new method for measuring how fast the tau particle wobbles, unlocking an entirely new way to study quantum physics. Read more on The Conversation.

The future of wildfires in the West

Oct. 17, 2023

What do the extreme fire seasons of 1910 and 2020鈥攁nd 2,500 years of forest history鈥攖ell us about the future of wildfires in the West? Read from CU expert Kyra Clark-Wolf on The Conversation.

Israel鈥檚 Iron Dome air defense system launches interceptor missiles

How Hamas got around Israel鈥檚 Iron Dome air defense system

Oct. 13, 2023

How did so many Hamas missiles penetrate Israel鈥檚 state-of-the-art air defense system? CU Boulder aerospace engineer Iain Boyd explains on The Conversation.

The top of an outdoor structure called a sukkah, made of palm fonds, tree branches and reeds

On Jewish 鈥榝estival of booths,鈥� each sukkah is as unique as the person who builds it

Sept. 27, 2023

There are myriad ways to be Jewish, and home-based holidays such as Sukkot help Jewish families honor all the parts of their identities. Read from CU expert Samira Mehta on The Conversation.

Trump鈥檚 classified-documents indictment does more than allege crimes

Aug. 23, 2023

Prosecutors could have composed a technocratic document intelligible only to other criminal law insiders when indicting Donald Trump in the documents case; they did much more. Read from CU law expert Derek Kiernan-Johnson on The Conversation.

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