women in blue burqas walking past a colorfully tiled wall

With newest laws, Taliban marks Afghan women as ‘easy targets,’ scholar says

Sept. 27, 2024

Professor Jennifer Fluri, a feminist political geographer, notes that the growing restrictions on women and girls are echoing strictness not seen since the 1990s.

Faust and Mephisto Play Chess painting

Are modern politicians really making a deal with the devil?

Sept. 23, 2024

In an election season when accusations of ‘Faustian bargains’ are flying, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder scholar Helmut Müller-Sievers reflects on what that really means.

Women and men doing yoga in a studio

Balancing yoga traditions with modern wellness requires flexibility

Sept. 20, 2024

Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder scholar Loriliai Biernacki reflects on the differences between ancient yoga and yoga as it’s practiced today during Yoga Awareness Month.

Man looking at photos of people disappeared in Nepal's civil war

Pursuing long-awaited justice for victims of Nepal's 'People's War'

Sept. 20, 2024

Nepal’s revamped truth commissions will need to go beyond ‘ritualism’ to deliver justice to civil war victims.

Memorial wall with photos of war victims in Ukraine

Amid growing war fatigue, some Ukrainians more willing to cede land

Sept. 19, 2024

Growing number of war-weary Ukrainians would reluctantly give up territory to save lives, suggests recent survey.

white-shouldered bumblebee on yellow goldenbanner flower

Studying complex networks of plants and pollinators

Sept. 11, 2024

I’ve visited the same Rocky Mountain subalpine meadow weekly for a decade of summers looking at plant-pollinator interactions—here’s what I learned

herd of horses walking through stream

Rewriting the story of horse domestication

Sept. 3, 2024

Domesticating horses had a huge impact on human society—new science rewrites where and when it first happened.

Uncompahgre Wilderness in Colorado's San Juan Mountains

The Wilderness Act turns 60

Sept. 3, 2024

Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder’s Paul S. Sutter looks back on the history of the Wilderness Act as it approaches its diamond jubilee.

White-lined hovering moth

Sphinx moth caterpillars wield an eruptive defense

Aug. 29, 2024

Sphinx months have an array of identifiers, one being an unusual defense mechanism.

Red exit sign in Hindi and English

From harmony to civil war: when language turns deadly

Aug. 26, 2024

Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder political scientist Jaroslav Tir argues it’s not just what a government says about its ethnic minorities, but also the language it uses that can be threatening.

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