Division of Natural Sciences
Advancing science may make it possible to bring back extinct species like the dire wolf—but should it? Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder environmental studies and philosophy Professor Ben Hale says the answer is complicated.
On the 100-year anniversary of the Scopes evolution trial, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder scientist reflects on science education and on ‘same issues, different players.’
Gregor MacGregor, an assistant teaching professor of environmental studies, focuses on local economies and environmental justice in his Vulcan Mine Bakery.
Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder scientists estimate the heritability of opioid use disorder with a rodent study.
Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder researchers apply machine learning to snow hydrology in Colorado mountain drainage basins, finding a new way to accurately predict the availability of water.
In research recently published in Science, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder scientists detail how light—rather than energy-intensive heat—can efficiently and sustainably catalyze chemical transformations.
Postdoctoral researcher Nathan Bullen announced as a 2025 Jane Coffin Childs fellow, supporting his research on how organisms survive when their RNA is under attack.
Light-powered reactions could make the chemical manufacturing industry more energy-efficient.
Edward Chuong is one of five researchers nationwide awarded funding to pursue ‘daring, paradigm-shifting research’ on cancer immunotherapy treatment.
Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder’s Zia Mehrabi is one of three researchers named international champions of the Frontiers Planet Prize for research that finds environmental and social benefits of agricultural diversification.