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- Plants donât just grow straight upâthey can move in loopy and zigzagging ways to get more sunshine. Physicists were able to model a sunflower to predict how they grow. Read from CU expert Chantal Nguyen on The Conversation.
- CU expert Julian Resasco visited the same Rocky Mountain subalpine meadow weekly for a decade of summersâhere's what he learned. Read on The Conversation.
- New analyses of bones, teeth, genetics and artifacts suggest itâs time to revise a long-standing hypothesis for how humans domesticated horses. Read from CU expert William Taylor on The Conversation.
- After wildfires in California and Colorado cities, levels of harmful metals in the water jumped. Nature sent up a red flag. Read from CU expert Lauren Magliozzi on The Conversation.
- Privacy comes at a price. The American Privacy Rights Act could undermine small entrepreneurs who rely on targeted digital advertising. Read from CU expert John Lynch and colleague Jean-Pierre Dubé on The Conversation.
- While many voters embrace Kamala Harrisâ candidacy and the fact that she is a multiracial woman without any biological children, some Republicans are using her identity as fodder for attacks. Read from CU expert Jennifer Ho on The Conversation.
- Universities are beginning to investigate quantum information science education to develop a workforce ready for the technology, and now is the time to improve access. Read from CU experts Bethany Wilcox and Josephine Meyer on The Conversation.
- How did Australia end up with so much iron ore? What researchers discovered in Western Australia redefines how we think about iron depositsâand provides clues on how we might find more. Read from CU expert Liam Courtney-Davies on The Conversation.
- Most ideas about Jewish culture in the United States come from Ashkenazi traditions, but thereâs a vast landscape of Jewish cultures around the worldâand represented in the U.S. Read from CU expert Samira Mehta on The Conversation.
- In its bankruptcy filing, the Romance Writers of America blamed âdisputes concerning diversity, equity and inclusionâ for its membership declining by an astounding 80%. Read from CU expert Christine Larson on The Conversation.