James Wilson and Rodger Kram carry a log from their heads using tumplines with the Boulder Foothills in the background

Scientists may have solved a Chaco Canyon mystery by hauling logs with their heads

Feb. 22, 2023

Roughly 1,000 years ago, ancient peoples carried more than 200,000 heavy timbers entirely on foot to a site in the modern-day Four Corners region called Chaco Canyon. CU Boulder researchers think they know how such a feat of human endurance may have been possible.

Artist's depiction of James Webb Space Telescope

Webb telescope spots super old, massive galaxies that shouldn’t exist

Feb. 22, 2023

In a new study, CU Boulder astrophysicist Erica Nelson and her colleagues spotted six "fuzzy dots" of light in images from the James Webb Space Telescope. The candidate galaxies may have existed just 500 to 700 million years after the Big Bang and contain almost as many stars as the Milky Way.

Robot with the letters "CUU" on its chest on the CU Boulder campus

5 burning questions about ChatGPT, answered by humans

Feb. 20, 2023

Artificial intelligence has reached an "inflection point," according to technology experts from CU Boulder. New tools like ChatGPT, which rolled out late last year, are poised to transform offices, high school classrooms and more—in potentially good and bad ways.

Industrial Workers of the World demonstration, New York City, 1914.

Under the iron heel: Author discusses ‘Wobblies’ and the capitalist war on radical workers

Feb. 20, 2023

Enjoy a Q&A with Professor Ahmed White, whose new book gives a dramatic, deeply researched account of how legal repression and vigilantism brought down the Wobblies, and how the destruction of their union haunts us to this day.

Mike DelPrete teaching a class at Leeds

Is tech transforming the housing market? Its track record doesn’t build confidence

Feb. 16, 2023

Mike DelPrete, a scholar in residence at the Leeds School of Business, says new tools will bring incremental changes, not wide-scale disruption.​

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‘The arts and humanities give meaning to our lives’

Feb. 14, 2023

Jennifer Ho, director of CU Boulder’s Center for Humanities & the Arts, discusses the state of the arts and humanities in higher education as CHA celebrates its 25th anniversary.

The wreckage of a collapsed building in Turkey

What caused the tragic earthquake in Turkey and Syria, and is California next?

Feb. 14, 2023

A geologist and an engineer discuss what made the recent earthquake in Turkey and Syria so devastating, how the region shares similar geology with California and how lessons learned can help the world prepare for the next big one.

Screenshot of video footage of the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols

How video evidence is presented in court can swayÌýjuror perception

Feb. 10, 2023

Video footage can play a crucial part in cases such as the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols. Depending on how the evidence is presented, among other factors, jurors can perceive events in a video in different ways. CU expert Sandra Ristovska explains on The Conversation.

Lady. Justice sculpture

Neuroscientist investigates social cognition in biased juries

Feb. 9, 2023

A study co-authored by a CU Boulder professor suggests biased jury decisions are associated with social cognitive processes such as cultural and racial stereotyping.

Buffalo statue on campus with solar eclipse in the background

Taking solar eclipse photos is a snap with gizmo developed by astronomer

Feb. 9, 2023

Doug Duncan searched online for something that would allow enthusiasts to safely use their cameras to watch eclipses, but he came up empty-handed. So, he decided he would have to invent something himself.

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