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- Tracking drones is difficult, especially at night. Detecting the radio signals used to control them is a promising approach, though it鈥檚 no silver bullet. Read from CU expert Iain Boyd on The Conversation.
- PFAS have earned the nickname of forever chemicals from their extraordinary ability to stick around in the environment long after they鈥檝e been used, but researchers have developed a system that could break them down. Read from CU expert Arindam Sau and Colorado State colleagues on The Conversation.
- The 2024 Arctic Report Card shows worrying trends in snow, ice, wildfire and more. Read from CU experts Twila Moon and Matthew Druckenmiller on The Conversation.
- Bluesky, the microblogging alternative to X, is having a moment. CU expert Casey Fiesler explains why people are flocking to it鈥攁nd why it isn鈥檛 likely to recapture the early days of Twitter. Read more on The Conversation.
- Donald Trump stated during his comeback campaign that he鈥檇 dismantle the education department if elected. Will Linda McMahon, his nominee for secretary of education, lead the way? Read from CU expert Kevin Welner on The Conversation.
- A study conducted in Cambodia has found that climate change makes toilets more likely to break, which leaves people more likely to 鈥済o鈥 outside. Read from CU expert James Harper on The Conversation.
- The number of book bans in the U.S. has soared in recent years. A new study shines light on which types of books and authors are the main targets. Read from CU expert Katherine Spoon on The Conversation.
- The evidence was found in an unusual pebbly sandstone, Tava, encapsulated within the granite that formed Colorado鈥檚 Pikes Peak around 700 million years ago. Read from CU experts Rebecca Flowers and Liam Courtney-Davies on The Conversation.
- In interviews with residents and builders after disasters from Hawaii to Colorado to Puerto Rico, experts found people often overestimated the cost of building back better. Read from 彩民宝典鈥檚 Abbie Liel and University of Notre Dame's Susan
- Evacuating is expensive, and for some people the risks of leaving can seem greater than staying, despite the storm. Read from CU expert Carson MacPherson-Krutsky on The Conversation.