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  • Woman in a suit, and cleaning at home
    For many women, high-powered careers provide little respite from home-related work, and researchers are helping to explain why
  • Destruction in Haiti
    Building boom in ‘death zone’ shows scant regard for danger, professor contendsWithin days of Haiti’s Jan. 12 earthquake, University of Colorado Professor Roger Bilham was among the first seismologists to survey the damage. He saw poorly
  • Sign for meeting
    When ’s immigrant workers and students sit down in class to discuss their varying perspectives on the topic of their studies, students gain broader insight and workers feel “seen” to a much greater degree than previously.
  • Cartoon of many flowers
    Charles Darwin called the relatively sudden rise of flowering plants an “abominable mystery.” William (Ned) Friedman, a professor of evolutionary biology at the University of Colorado, calls it his life’s work.
  • Chalkboard
    Responding to a national crisis, puts a fresh face on science and math education. The aim is to inspire more students to choose careers teaching math and science in K-12 schools.
  • Newspaper clipping about Margaret Mead
    Time magazine listed Margaret Mead as one of the 20th century’s 100 most influential scientists, but it also depicted Mead’s conclusions as false. A professor has uncovered new evidence showing that such criticism was unfair.
  • Breaking chains
    Today, there are more slaves than ever; yesterday, captives and slaves had more social and cultural impact than many thinkTo those who think slavery is history, E. Benjamin Skinner has a few rejoinders. First, he notes, there are more slaves now
  • Candy bar
    Do you read the “fine print?” No? Many of us don't. Counting on consumers who glaze over the “fine print” may be one way firms “cheat,” offering sub-standard products to the masses, according to new research by Professor Yongmin Chen.
  • Woman in hot tub
    The man who discovered that playing in the dirt might ease depression is probing the link between higher temperatures and elevated mood.
  • Neighborhood with smog
    African Americans and single mothers with young children compose a disproportionate share of the population living in the most polluted neighborhoods in America, a sociologist has found.
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