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From left to right, Ashley Ballantyne of the University of Colorado at Boulder, Dara Finney of Environment Canada and Natalia Rybczynski of the Canadian Museum of Nature search for fossils in a peat deposit at Strathcona Fiord on Ellesmere Island in Canada's High Arctic. Photo courtesy Dara Finney, Environment Canada...

Gravity always wins, one might think. Avalanches roar and skiers plunge inexorably downhill. But moguls鈥攐r bumps, as they鈥檙e known by skiers鈥攎ove uphill. Just ask lead researcher David Bahr, a Regis University professor and former CU geological sciences PhD student; Tad Pfeffer, a professor of civil, environment, and architectural engineering at...

Participatory governance is the darling of policymakers and world-organizations seeking to improve the well-being of the impoverished. The claim is that by increasing the citizens鈥� direct involvement with the decision-making process, the quality of their lives will improve. However, it may not bring about such dramatic changes and is no...

An extremely small RNA molecule created by a University of Colorado team can catalyze a key reaction needed to synthesize proteins, the building blocks of life. The findings could be a substantial step toward understanding 鈥渢he very origin of Earthly life,鈥� the lead researcher contends. The smallest RNA enzyme ever...

Study finds that, for many, drugs work no better than placebos, but resulting firestorm may have obscured nuances Newsweek heralded the 鈥渄epressing news about antidepressants鈥� and suggested that drugs like Prozac are 鈥渂asically expensive Tic Tacs.鈥� CNN also headlined the 鈥渟tartling news鈥� and suggested that 鈥渁ntidepressants don鈥檛 work.鈥� Commentators in...

Illustration of the NASA Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment, or GRACE. Image courtesy of NASA. Northern India鈥檚 groundwater is being pumped onto farm fields faster than it can be replenished by monsoons, and the rate of loss is accelerating, a recent study co-authored by a University of Colorado researcher has...

Cartoon courtesy of Natural Hazards Observer - http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/o/ During major events and crises, social media鈥檚 importance is rising The alleged plot to 鈥渉ide the homeless鈥� during the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver foreshadowed Tweets and blog posts to come. A month before the convention, the blogosphere was atwitter because...

Politicians may talk tough about rival nations, but business people鈥檚 actions may be a better barometer of international relations. That鈥檚 one conclusion of Steve Chan, a political science professor at the University of Colorado who says conventional political theories don鈥檛 explain why China has become Taiwan鈥檚 most important trading partner,...

Harold Bloom, the noted literary critic, Yale professor and author of 鈥淭he Western Canon,鈥� has said that teaching Emily Dickinson鈥檚 poems leaves him with fierce headaches, 鈥渟ince the difficulties force me past my limits.鈥� How, then, are undergraduate students supposed to appreciate Dickinson? Elissa Guralnick, a University of Colorado professor...

Just after midnight on Dec. 22, 2008, 5.4 million cubic yards of coal-fly ash overflowed a retention pond near the Kingston Fossil Plant in Tennessee. The event, which is still being sorted out, made for a perfect case study for Jill Litt's critical-thinking class.