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- For many women, high-powered careers provide little respite from home-related work, and Ƶ researchers are helping to explain why
- Building boom in ‘death zone’ shows scant regard for danger, Ƶ professor contendsWithin days of Haiti’s Jan. 12 earthquake, University of Colorado Professor Roger Bilham was among the first seismologists to survey the damage. He saw poorly
- When Ƶ’s immigrant workers and students sit down in class to discuss their varying perspectives on the topic of their studies, students gain broader insight and workers feel “seen” to a much greater degree than previously.
- Charles Darwin called the relatively sudden rise of flowering plants an “abominable mystery.” William (Ned) Friedman, a professor of evolutionary biology at the University of Colorado, calls it his life’s work.
- Responding to a national crisis, Ƶ puts a fresh face on science and math education. The aim is to inspire more students to choose careers teaching math and science in K-12 schools.
- Time magazine listed Margaret Mead as one of the 20th century’s 100 most influential scientists, but it also depicted Mead’s conclusions as false. A Ƶ professor has uncovered new evidence showing that such criticism was unfair.
- Today, there are more slaves than ever; yesterday, captives and slaves had more social and cultural impact than many thinkTo those who think slavery is history, E. Benjamin Skinner has a few rejoinders. First, he notes, there are more slaves now
- Do you read the “fine print?” No? Many of us don't. Counting on consumers who glaze over the “fine print” may be one way firms “cheat,” offering sub-standard products to the masses, according to new research by Professor Yongmin Chen.
- The man who discovered that playing in the dirt might ease depression is probing the link between higher temperatures and elevated mood.
- African Americans and single mothers with young children compose a disproportionate share of the population living in the most polluted neighborhoods in America, a Ƶ sociologist has found.