A new CU Boulder study documents how features such as News Feed, Memories, and shared groups and photos can bring painful reminders of exes into our lives even after we've taken measures to hide them on Facebook.
Fatal car accidents increase 6% in the week following the switch to daylight saving time, according to new CU Boulder research. The study comes as California and Florida lawmakers consider doing away with the time change.
U.S. birth weights have fallen significantly in recent decades due to soaring rates of cesarean deliveries and inductions, which have shortened the average pregnancy by about a week, according to new CU Boulder research.
From classics such as “Gone with the Wind” to modern films such as “Avatar,” the movie industry packs a serious, and often hidden, environmental cost, says film scholar Hunter Vaughan.
Thirty-seven states, including Colorado, require minors to notify their parents or go before a judge before having an abortion. A new 18-year-study conducted in Texas shows judges deny minors' request up to 13% of the time and the judicial-bypass process is humiliating and traumatizing for some teens.
One in 75 undergraduate college students sustain a concussion each calendar year, and two-thirds of them occur off the playing field, according to a new three-year study of CU Boulder students.
Seventy-eight percent of children, ages 4 to 10, watch unboxing videos online—videos of people opening toys. The more they watch, the more likely they are to make purchase demands on parents and throw tantrums when they don't get what they want.
A new study is like the Goldilocks fable for sleep: “Just right” means at least six hours a night—but not more than nine—to minimize heart attack risk.
CU Boulder researchers have developed a new mobile app that categorizes mental health status based on speech patterns. Ultimately, it could be used as an adjunct for in-person therapy or to help monitor patients from afar.