A U.S. flag blows in the wind. (Glenn Akasawa)

It’s been unusually windy this spring. Here’s why you should care

May 12, 2022

It's not just you—it was extra windy this April along the Front Range. Learn more from experts in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences about the windy spring, what the conditions could mean for the upcoming fire season and why wind is hard to predict.

bees on a flower

Beyond honey: 4 essential reads about bees

May 11, 2022

Bees play an essential role pollinating plants, but scientists study bees to learn about their intricate social networks, learning patterns and adaptive behaviors. These four stories from The Conversation’s archive, featuring Ƶ expert Orit Peleg, offer diverse views of life in the hive.

Goats near a village

For East Africa’s pastoralists, climate change already fueling violence, hunger

May 10, 2022

For centuries, East African peoples like the Maasai and Turkana have survived by herding cattle, moving these animals across miles of wide-open grasslands to keep them fed. Now, worsening droughts and a host of other challenges are threatening that nomadic existence.

illustration of DNA

Multiple diagnoses are the norm with mental illness; new genetic study explains why

May 10, 2022

A new genetic analysis, using data from hundreds of thousands of people, sheds light on why more than half of people diagnosed with one psychiatric disorder will be diagnosed with a second or third in their lifetime.

NASA's Pam Melroy tours an aerospace engineering lab on the Ƶ Boulder campus

From cockpit to campus: NASA’s Melroy talks moon, inclusivity, more at Ƶ Boulder

May 6, 2022

NASA's Pam Melroy has spent roughly 924 hours in space. Her latest voyage—she visited Colorado on Thursday to talk to campus leaders about traveling to the moon, Mars and beyond.

'Abortion is a right' sign at a rally in Pittsburgh

How the end of Roe v. Wade could shape women’s futures

May 5, 2022

In the wake of this week's leak about a private Supreme Court vote to strike down Roe v. Wade, Ƶ Boulder sociologist Amanda Stevenson discusses how such a ruling could impact women's mortality and the way they live their lives.

A tree "Fitbit" is strapped to a trunk.

Tree ‘Fitbits’ track urban growth, flowering, more

May 5, 2022

Low-cost “tree Fitbits” can pinpoint the precise timing of tree activities, like spring bloom or autumn leaf change, and more, according to a new Ƶ Boulder study.

Artist's depiction of the bright accretion disk around a supermassive black hole

A surging glow in a distant galaxy could change the way we look at black holes

May 5, 2022

Several years ago, a supermassive black hole at the center of a far-away galaxy suddenly got a lot brighter. Now, scientists think they know why.

Anti-abortion protesters use bullhorns to counter abortion rights advocates outside the Supreme Court on May 3, 2022

If Roe v. Wade is overturned, there’s no guarantee people can get abortions in liberal states

May 5, 2022

Twenty-five states aren’t expected to ban abortion if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade. But limits on abortion in these places, too, make them uncertain refuges for people seeking abortions elsewhere. Ƶ experts share on The Conversation.

Students test the spring's strength in the Senior Design Lab

Deployable antenna could provide more powerful communications on smaller space satellites

May 4, 2022

As the space industry evolves its focus from large satellites to smaller ones with the same functionality, there is a growing need for the hardware to shrink as well. A group of seniors has helped meet that need.

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