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- Research into how Maasai in Tanzania use their phones shows how dialing errors can also breed friendships and business opportunities. Anthropology Professor J. Terrence McCabe and colleagues share on The Conversation.
- Climate migrants don’t fit neatly into the legal definitions of refugee or migrant, and that can leave them in limbo. The Biden administration is debating how to identify and help them. Associate Professor Amanda Carrico and colleagues share on The Conversation.
- Satellites can already spot a new fire within minutes, but the information they beam back to Earth isn't getting to everyone who needs it or being used as well as it could be. Natasha Stavros, CU Earth Lab Analytics Hub director, shares on The Conversation.
- Users do spend some time thinking about whether information is true; the decision to share it (even if it’s fake news) depends on the topic and the type of message. Doctoral media researcher Gregory Gondwe and colleagues share on The Conversation.
- To get a sense of how bad the 2021 hurricane season will be, keep an eye on the African monsoon, ocean temperatures and a possible late-blooming La Niña. CIRES’s Kristopher Karnauskas shares on The Conversation.
- Video evidence can be powerful at a trial––but it does not always lead to a fair rendering of justice. Media studies professor Sandra Ristovska shares on The Conversation.
- Read more from Jennifer Ho, professor and director of the Center for Humanities and the Arts, in The Conversation.
- The media tends to render Asian Americans as either a “perpetual foreigner†or “model minorityâ€â€”both stereotypes that have been levied in tandem against immigrants from Asia since the 1830s. Associate Professor Angie Chuang shares on The Conversation.
- Jewish families will gather for Passover this year in circumstances that will, like the celebration itself, reflect on dark times while holding out for better to come. Assistant Professor Samuel L. Boyd shares on The Conversation.
- Despite the disruption and challenges of COVID-19, standardized tests for America's students are expected to proceed this spring or fall. But what will the tests really show? Three CU Boulder experts share on The Conversation.