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A quarter of a century ago, most of the world’s “underachievers” in terms of human development—measured by such things as life expectancy, education, guaranteed human rights and political freedom—were Muslim countries.Human development might be

In the 1990s, comedian—now U.S. Sen.—Al Franken made the line, “I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and doggone it, people like me!” part of the national lexicon with the creation of the fictional “Daily Affirmation with Stuart Smalley” on Saturday

Aerobic exercise may help prevent and perhaps even reverse some of the brain damage associated with heavy alcohol consumption, according to a new University of Colorado Boulder study.The study results indicated that regular aerobic exercise like

The men and women elected to the Colorado General Assembly (the state Legislature) may have a wealth of life experience as lawyers, ranchers or business owners. But when it comes to economics, most of them could use a little help—from undergraduate

At the 75th Street Wastewater Treatment Facility are, from left to right: Chris Douville, the city of Boulder’s coordinator of wastewatertTreatment; Cole Sigmon, process optimization specialist; David Bortz, assistant professor of applied

A palpable air of digital decrepitude pervades Lori Emerson’s time-warped laboratory at the University of Colorado Boulder. Geriatric relics of the computer revolution with names like Vectrex, Kaypro and Commodore Amiga exude the strange pungency of aged electronics, vaguely musty with tart plastic undertones.

Some of the smallest airborne particulate matter poses large risks to human health, but bigger blobs aren’t necessarily benign. That’s one conclusion of Jason Neff, associate professor of geological sciences and environmental studies at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Faced with a sharp question from a critic following a talk about progressive Islam at the University of Colorado Boulder in early November, Omid Safi was ready.The professor of Islamic Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill nodded

David J. Wineland, a lecturer in the University of Colorado Boulder physics department, has won the 2012 Nobel Prize in physics.Wineland is a physicist with the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Boulder and internationally recognized

What you don’t know won’t hurt you, goes the old canard, but what you believe can make a difference when it comes to pain relief, and not just in a subjective way. When you expect that a drug or placebo will relieve pain, and it does, it’s not simply a matter of fooling your brain.