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暗风暴云

Cloud seeding can increase rain and snow, and new techniques may make it more effective

2023年5月4日

Cloud seeding—spraying materials into clouds to increase precipitation—has been around for nearly 80 years. But only recently have scientists been able to measure how effective it really is. CU’s Katja Friedrich lends expertise on 谈话 Weekly podcast.

Person holding a phone with Twitter logo in front of a Silicon Valley Bank sign

Twitter played a role in the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank—new research

2023年5月4日

Social media provides both a forum for communication and a public signal about what a bank’s customers believe. That means Twitter can facilitate coordination in real-time. CU expert Tony Cookson shares in 谈话's Research Brief series.

The outline of a human hand trapped behind a grid of tiny intersecting circuits

Artificial intelligence is exciting—and an ethical minefield

2023年4月28日

人工智能将重塑美国的部分行业.S. 文化与社会, but have tech developments raced ahead of our ability to understand the consequences? Here are four essential reads from 谈话 archives.

戴着人工智能眼镜的人

Artificial intelligence has social consequences, but who pays the price?

2023年4月21日

Generative artificial intelligence is designed to produce the unforeseen, but that doesn’t mean developers can’t predict the types of social consequences it may cause. 科罗拉多大学专家凯西·费斯勒在《博彩app推荐》上分享了这一点.

Illustration of a human painting a robot, while the robot draws the human with pencil

5 essential reads on the new era of generative artificial intelligence

2023年4月19日

创造力, 工作焦虑, 错误信息, bias and plagiarism—scholars are helping society come to grips with the potential benefits and harms of generative AI. Look back on 谈话 archives, featuring CU experts Daniel Acuña and Casey Greene.

Sprinklers watering a lettuce field in Holtville, California, with Colorado River water.

The Colorado River drought crisis: 5 essential reads

2023年4月13日

A 23-year western drought has drastically shrunk the Colorado River, leading the Biden administration to consider mandatory cuts to water allocations in some states. Look back on 谈话 archives to better understand what’s happening and what’s at stake.

Person reading from the Haggadah while preparing to dip parsley into salt water

为什么逾越节不同于其他的夜晚? 犹太节日必备读物

2023年4月5日

The Passover Seder has tradition and remembrance at its core, but that doesn't mean it's unchanging. The holiday has been evolving from the start—right up to Zoom Seders during the pandemic. Look back on 谈话 archives, featuring CU's Sam Boyd.

A member of the Lakota nation hugging a horse's head

Archaeology, genomics and Indigenous knowledge revise the human-horse story in the American West

2023年3月30日

European colonists chronicled their version of how Indigenous peoples lived with horses. New collaborative research adds scientific detail to Indigenous narratives that tell a different story. 科罗拉多大学专家威廉·泰勒(William Taylor)在谈话上分享了这一点.

在马里兰州飞翔的雪雁

As bird flu continues to spread, what’s the risk of a human pandemic?

2023年3月16日

Avian influenza viruses have evolved to infect birds, but the current H5N1 outbreak is also infecting a wide range of mammals. This suggests it could mutate into forms that threaten humans. 科罗拉多大学专家萨拉·索耶在《博彩app推荐》上分享了这一点.

内华达山脉被雪覆盖

Why rain on snow in the California mountains worries scientists

2023年3月14日

Another atmospheric river is hitting the state, raising flood risks as rain falls on deep snowpack. Rain on snow is also a growing problem as the planet warms. CU expert Keith Musselman discusses on 谈话.

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