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Cartoon courtesy of Natural Hazards Observer - http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/o/ During major events and crises, social media’s importance is risingThe alleged plot to “hide the homeless” during the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver
Politicians may talk tough about rival nations, but business people’s actions may be a better barometer of international relations.That’s one conclusion of Steve Chan, a political science professor at the University of Colorado who says conventional
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.
A satellite image of the World Trade Center attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. (Image courtesy: NASA)Terrorism incites fear designed to coerce governments to act, according to definitions of “terrorism” in U.S. law, in U.N. resolutions and elsewhere. But
Keeping an extensive collection of great art in storage is like having Stokowski conduct Beethoven in an empty concert hall. It’s a missed opportunity.Soon, the University of Colorado will have the space to connect its great art with people who
Did humor evolve as a sign of mental fitness?Potential friends and mates flock to funny people. Many a grim, solitary soul can vouch for that. But the possibility that humor evolved in humans as a sign of mental fitness—and a way to increase
University helped design and build now-orbiting Cosmic Origins SpectrographFeb. 1, 2003, changed everything. Not only was it a disastrous loss for the friends and family of the astronauts aboard the space shuttle Columbia, which disintegrated as it
After spending 16 years as a member of Congress (both in the House, and Senate), former University of Colorado President Hank Brown knows his way around Capitol Hill. It is that wealth of knowledge and experience that Brown brings to “Icons of the
They are instructive today, historian saysWorld War I shattered the people and the collective psyche of Great Britain, but the war’s end did not stop the strife or suffering. Between 1918 and 1931, the shell-shocked people and their nation sought to
Collaborating couple pursues next generation of lasersWhen the first functioning laser was unveiled in 1960, people had no idea it would be used for surgery, let alone in bar-code readers and CD players. Experts speculated that the new device might