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Miller moths migrate through Colorado every summer. Though often considered a pest, the native species plays important roles across the plains and up into the high country. Read from CU expert Ryan St Laurent on The Conversation.
Park and forest managers can no longer rely on the past to understand future risks—fires, pests and climate change are changing the game. Read from CU experts Kyra Clark-Wolf and Imtiaz Rangwala on The Conversation.
President Donald Trump has set aggressive goals to build a missile defense system, called the Golden Dome, but many parts of the system already exist. Read more from Iain Boyd on The Conversation.
Robert Francis Prevost has attributed the rise of artificial intelligence as the reason for his chosen papal name Leo XIV—a tribute to Pope Leo XIII, who served amid the Industrial Revolution, another time of radical technological change. Read from CU expert Nathan Schneider on The Conversation.
The concept of "Asian Americans," created in the 1960s by student activists as a way to move past denigrating labels, is today a contested category. Read from CU expert Jennifer Ho on The Conversation.
Ending all funding for NPR and PBS would unravel a U.S. public media system that took a century to build—the precursors of which consisted of professors giving lectures on history and finance. Read from CU expert Josh Shepperd on The Conversation.
New research uses firefly flashing patterns to identify species and what they're communicating. Read from CU experts Orit Peleg and Owen Martin on The Conversation.
Giorgia Meloni was the only European leader to attend Donald Trump’s inauguration and was the first to visit the White House after the U.S. slapped new tariffs on its allies. Read from CU expert Miranda McCreary and CSU colleague Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager on The Conversation.
Uncertainty from Washington along with staff and budget cuts have created turmoil for the U.S. Forest Service’s fire management efforts. Read from CU expert Laura Dee on The Conversation.
Singles often pay more than their coupled counterparts, and not just on taxes. As solo living rises, so does pressure on the rest of the world to catch up. Read from CU expert Peter McGraw on The Conversation.