The Conversation
- Whether youâre booking a plane ticket at the last minute or looking to go to a lackluster football game, you might encounter dynamic pricing, or adjusting prices in response to demand. CU expert Ovunc Yilmaz shares on The Conversation.
- From figuring out where memories are stored to how sensory information translates to behavior, new technologies are helping neuroscientists better understand how the brain works. Hear from several experts, including CUâs John Crimaldi, on The Conversation.
- Build a powerful enough laser, and you can shine it into space. Aim it well, and you can blind satellites. Aerospace engineering professor Iain Boyd discusses on The Conversation.
- The Supreme Court has found protections for peopleâs privacy in several constitutional amendmentsâand used it as a basis for some pretty fundamental protections. CU expert Scott Skinner-Thompson shares on The Conversation.
- New research suggests Ukrainian public attitude toward perceived compromisesâespecially territorial concessionsâis hardening, and willingness to make peace depends on the individual's war experiences. CU expert John O'Loughlin discusses on The Conversation.Â
- Views on abortion differ not only among major religious traditions, but within each one. Samira Mehta, CU expert on religion, gender and sexuality, shares on The Conversation.
- Thwaites Glacierâs ice shelf appears to be splintering, and scientists fear it could give way in the next few years. CU polar scientist Ted Scambos explains on The Conversationâread the article or listen to the podcast.
- Finding one cancer-driving mutation in a tumor is like finding a needle in a stack of needles, but the use of public DNA databases could lead to more targeted cancer treatments. CU computer scientist Ryan Layer shares on The Conversation.
- Conservative Christians have cheered restrictions on some birth control. But many decades ago, Christian leadersâ support helped contraceptives become acceptable in the first place. CU expert Samira Mehta shares on The Conversation.
- As climate change brings a hotter, thirstier atmosphere, much of the western U.S. has seen record-breaking wildfires, intense heat waves, low stream flows and dwindling water supplies. CIRES researcher Imtiaz Rangwala shares on The Conversation.