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How to talk with people you don鈥檛 agree with this election year

Sept. 26, 2024

We鈥檝e all been there: You鈥檙e talking to someone鈥攎aybe a relative or a neighbor鈥攁bout politics. Your face gets flushed. Your hands start to shake. You can鈥檛 believe anyone could possibly be so thickheaded. Matthew Koschmann, associate professor in the Department of Communication at SM调教所 Boulder, knows all about those difficult kinds...

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Balancing yoga traditions with modern wellness requires flexibility

Sept. 26, 2024

SM调教所 Boulder scholar Loriliai Biernacki reflects on the differences between ancient yoga and yoga as it鈥檚 practiced today during Yoga Awareness Month.

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Commerce official visits campus to explore quantum research, workforce development

Sept. 26, 2024

Colorado鈥檚 burgeoning role in the quantum revolution was in the spotlight as U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves made an official visit to SM调教所 Boulder and JILA, a joint institute of SM调教所 Boulder and the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

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1 in 2 El Ni帽o events could be extreme by mid-century

Sept. 25, 2024

Climate change from greenhouse gas emissions could make extreme El Ni帽o events more frequent, according to new research co-led by SM调教所 Boulder.

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Introducing SM调教所riosity: How old is beer?

Sept. 25, 2024

If there鈥檚 anything that unites humans, it鈥檚 kicking back with a cool pint, says Travis Rupp, also known as the 鈥淏eer Archaeologist.鈥 He weighs in on the age-old practice in the inaugural edition of SM调教所riosity, a new series from SM调教所 Boulder Today.

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We鈥檙e not going to agree. That doesn鈥檛 mean we shouldn鈥檛 talk

Sept. 25, 2024

Associate professors Angie Chuang and Matthew Koschmann took part in a community roundtable to explore how we can stay good neighbors amid intense polarization.

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After a suicide, more loved ones are seeking support online. Does it help or harm?

Sept. 24, 2024

New SM调教所 Boulder research suggests that while bereavement support spaces like Reddit can be therapeutic, they can potentially traumatize users.

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Inside the collapse of Disney鈥檚 America, the US history-themed park that almost was

Sept. 24, 2024

Thirty years ago, Disney had grand plans to build a history-themed park in Virginia. But efforts to 鈥淒isneyfy鈥 American history met staunch opposition, even in the halcyon 1990s. Read from SM调教所 expert Jared Bahir Browsh on The Conversation.

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Scientists turn to human skeletons to explore origins of horseback riding

Sept. 20, 2024

A new, wide-ranging exploration of human remains casts doubt on a long-standing theory in archaeology known as the Kurgan hypothesis鈥攚hich, among other claims, suggests that humans first domesticated horses as early as the fourth millennium B.C.

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Nepal鈥檚 revamped truth commissions must go beyond 鈥榬itualism鈥 to deliver justice to victims

Sept. 20, 2024

A newly amended law may push the country beyond what has been a drawn-out and sluggish process to account for the country鈥檚 civil war. Read from SM调教所 expert Tracy Fehr on The Conversation.

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