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Participatory governance is the darling of policymakers and world-organizations seeking to improve the well-being of the impoverished. The claim is that by increasing the citizens鈥� direct involvement with the decision-making process, the quality of
An extremely small RNA molecule created by a University of Colorado team can catalyze a key reaction needed to synthesize proteins, the building blocks of life. The findings could be a substantial step toward understanding 鈥渢he very origin of
Study finds that, for many, drugs work no better than placebos, but resulting firestorm may have obscured nuancesNewsweek heralded the 鈥渄epressing news about antidepressants鈥� and suggested that drugs like Prozac are 鈥渂asically expensive Tic Tacs.鈥�
Harold Bloom, the noted literary critic, Yale professor and author of 鈥淭he Western Canon,鈥� has said that teaching Emily Dickinson鈥檚 poems leaves him with fierce headaches, 鈥渟ince the difficulties force me past my limits.鈥滺ow, then, are undergraduate
Illustration of the NASA Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment, or GRACE. Image courtesy of NASA.Northern India鈥檚 groundwater is being pumped onto farm fields faster than it can be replenished by monsoons, and the rate of loss is accelerating, a
Cartoon courtesy of Natural Hazards Observer - http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/o/ During major events and crises, social media鈥檚 importance is risingThe alleged plot to 鈥渉ide the homeless鈥� during the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver
Politicians may talk tough about rival nations, but business people鈥檚 actions may be a better barometer of international relations.That鈥檚 one conclusion of Steve Chan, a political science professor at the University of Colorado who says conventional
Just after midnight on Dec. 22, 2008, 5.4 million cubic yards of coal-fly ash overflowed a retention pond near the Kingston Fossil Plant in Tennessee. The event, which is still being sorted out, made for a perfect case study for Jill Litt's critical-thinking class.
A satellite image of the World Trade Center attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. (Image courtesy: NASA)Terrorism incites fear designed to coerce governments to act, according to definitions of 鈥渢errorism鈥� in U.S. law, in U.N. resolutions and elsewhere. But
Keeping an extensive collection of great art in storage is like having Stokowski conduct Beethoven in an empty concert hall. It鈥檚 a missed opportunity.Soon, the University of Colorado will have the space to connect its great art with people who