People participate in online communities to share experiences and sympathy. AI chatbots that join the conversation can only pretend to offer either. Read from expert Casey Fiesler on The Conversation.
researchers studied why investors buy into “blank check” companies that deliver few disclosures and often lackluster performance. One example of a SPAC is Donald Trump’s Truth Social, which went public in March.
Following years of high-profile shootings, communications expert and researcher Chris Vargo expected to find rising public salience around gun control. He didn’t.
After a year of record-breaking global heat with El Niño, will La Niña bring a reprieve? That depends on where you live and how you feel about hurricanes. Read from expert Pedro DiNezio on The Conversation.
Boulder professor Jennifer Ho, editor of a new collection about global Anti-Asian racism, shares insights on what’s driving it and how communities are fighting back.
A economics professor used historical records to quantify how tea, once it became popular and affordable, saved lives around England—not due to the herbs, but rather, due to the boiling of the water.
Sports gambling creates a windfall but raises questions of integrity. expert Jared Bahir Browsh reflects on the history of sports betting in the U.S., offering lessons for the present day, as states continue to legalize. Read more on The Conversation.
On April 26, the participants of the Middle School Ensemble program fine-tuned their pieces one last time. When the doors opened and the lights dimmed, the middle schoolers giddily looked around for their families and waited for their turn to shine on stage.
In results reported in a new paper, graduate student Tatsuya Akiba with JILA Fellow and Professor Ann-Marie Madigan and undergraduate student Selah McIntyre believe they’ve found a reason why these stellar zombies eat their nearby planetesimals.