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北极的一群驯鹿

Arctic report card reveals rainier, shifting seasons with broad disturbances

12月. 13, 2022

2022年北极报告卡, 每年公布的, 证明北极正在变得多雨, and seasons are shifting—with broad disturbances for people, 生态系统和野生动物. CU experts Matthew Druckenmiller and Twila Moon share on 谈话.

A powerful green laser helps visualize the aerosol plumes from a toilet when it’s being flushed.

Toilets spew invisible aerosol plumes with every flush—here’s the proof

12月. 8, 2022

Using high-powered lasers to illuminate aerosol droplets ejected from a toilet, researchers aim to reduce exposure to disease-causing pathogens in public restrooms. CU expert John Crimaldi shares on 谈话.

树林里有一群萤火虫

Fireflies’ blinking lights embody in nature what mathematics predicted

11月. 16, 2022

Synchrony is ubiquitous throughout the universe. But physicists’ equations predicted there could also be erratic exceptions marching to their own beat—now they’ve been spotted in firefly swarms. CU expert Raphael Sarfati shares on 谈话.

用户通过电话登录到乳齿象

什么是乳齿象? 社交媒体专家解释

11月. 11, 2022

The turmoil at Twitter has many people turning to an alternative, Mastodon. CU expert Brian Keegan explains how the platform works and why it won't be the new Twitter. 阅读对话.

Kari Lake, the GOP candidate for Arizona governor, campaigns at a rally

New wave of celebrity politicians breaks the rules on acceptable behavior, inspired by Trump

11月. 8, 2022

GOP candidates Kari Lake, Herschel Walker and Dr. Mehmet Oz have caught people’s attention for outlandish stunts and false statements that are increasingly accepted in politics. CU experts Donna Goldstein and Kristen Drybread discuss on 谈话.

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Mass migration from Twitter likely to be an uphill battle—just ask Tumblr

11月. 5, 2022

The communities that call Twitter home might decide to pack their bags. If they do, they are unlikely to be able to completely reconstitute themselves elsewhere. CU expert Casey Fiesler shares on 谈话.

Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system, the gold standard

A game of numbers: Why Ukraine is eager for more air defense resources

10月. 19, 2022

What will it take for Ukraine to defend against the ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and explosive drones raining down on the country? 问题不在于是什么,而在于多少. CU expert Iain Boyd explains on 谈话.

Simchat Torah celebrations in Netanya, Israel, in 2013

Simchat Torah: A Jewish holiday of reading, renewal and resilience

10月. 14, 2022

Simchat Torah is about more than beginning to read the Torah all over again. It’s about the need to reexamine what we think we know, over and over again. 科罗拉多大学专家山姆·博伊德在谈话上分享了这一点.

Members of the British royal family follow behind the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II as it is carried out of Westminster Abbey

Despite emphasis on tradition, many British royal ceremonies aren’t so old

9月. 21, 2022

Westminster Abbey has witnessed nearly a millennium of British history—but many rituals, 就像在皇家葬礼上那样, 都不古老吗. How has the ornate church and its significance to the monarchy changed over centuries? CU historian Paul Hammer shares on 谈话.

Volunteers distributed bottled water after Jackson, Mississippi’s water treatment plant failed

Intense heat waves, flooding are battering America’s aging infrastructure

9月. 7, 2022

A heat wave that pushed California’s power grid to the limit and the water system failure in Mississippi are just two examples of how a growing maintenance backlog and increasing climate change are creating a golden age of infrastructure failure. CU expert Paul Chinowsky shares on 谈话.

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