A person using social media on a phone

Digital wellness program to help combat psychological impacts of social media

July 23, 2021

ATLAS Instructor Annie Margaret is creating a summer program for middle-school girls that will provide strategies adolescents can use to minimize the negative psychological impacts of social media.

Hyena licking her cub

Early-life social connections influence gene expression, stress resilience

July 22, 2021

Having friends may not only be good for the health of your social life, but also for your actual health—if you’re a hyena, that is. Strong social connections and greater maternal care early in life can influence molecular markers and future stress response, researchers found.

Electriflow butterfly flaps its wings

Origami comes to life with new shape-changing materials

July 20, 2021

Researchers have created butterflies that flap their wings, flower petals that wiggle with the touch of a button and self-folding origami drawing on new advances in soft robotics.

A female noise and vibration engineer develops product designs with a colleague (Image via Unsplash)

Gender disparities in engineering are a problem, CU Boulder researchers offer a solution

July 19, 2021

A CU Boulder paper shows professional growth by women engineers could be impacted by whom they seek for advice and answers, shedding light on gender disparities in the male-dominated field and offering solutions to close the gap between women and men in engineering.

A sunset photo taken from the International Space Station, showing several layers of Earth’s atmosphere. (Image credit: NASA Johnson Space Center)

Branson vs. Bezos: Who wins the race depends on your definition of outer space

July 19, 2021

The lack of a uniform definition of where space begins has scientific and engineering implications that extend well beyond which billionaire gets there first.

Rioters scale a wall at the Capitol on January 6, 2021. (Credit: CC image via Flickr)

Angry politicians make angry voters, new study finds

July 16, 2021

Political anger in the U.S. has reached a fever pitch in recent years. Now, new research shows that ordinary voters may begin to mirror the angry emotions of the politicians they read about in the news.

Cyclist Mark Cavendish riding in the Tour de France

Why elite cyclists dance with their bikes

July 15, 2021

A new CU Boulder study shows that rising up out of the saddle and gently swaying the bike side-to-side, known in French as "en danseuse," can significantly boost performance.

Kathryn Wendell

For center’s new leader, sustainability is personal

July 14, 2021

Kathryn Wendell brings a long leadership career in sustainability—and a passion for the environment—to the Leeds School of Business, where she will become executive director of the Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility.

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John Glenn fans dreamed of the stars––but sexism thwarted their ambitions

July 13, 2021

Recent scholarship on the early Space Age has reawakened questions about the ways gender, race, ethnicity and class shaped the U.S. human space flight program. Associate Professor Roshanna Sylvester shares on The Conversation.

Wildfire smoke

Is wildfire smoke bad for your health?

July 12, 2021

With fires blazing across Colorado, California and Oregon, much of the Western United States is awash in smoke this summer. How does the smoke impact our health? Is it OK to exercise outdoors? What can we do to protect ourselves indoors? Colleen Reid has answers.

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