New Horizons Newsroom 2023

Patient advocates urge science journalists to present more diverse perspectives on Long COVID “It’s time to turn the page on Long COVID,” said patient advocate and storyteller Chimére L. Sweeney, speaking to science writers in Aurora, Colo. Oct. 8 during the Council ...

Researcher encourages journalists to understand varied risks posed by uses of AI Amid the growing enthusiasm for artificial intelligence (AI), journalists must go beyond superficial reporting and ask probing questions that challenge assumptions about AI, an AI ...

How much safer is abortion than staying pregnant in the post-Dobbs era? Thanks to a lack of health information related to abortion in the United States, scientists are uncertain just how much safer it is to carry a pregnancy to term versus having an ab...

Combat medicine breakthroughs are reshaping civilian trauma care On Oct. 17, 2005, during the Iraq War, a U.S. Bradley Fighting Vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device. With their vehicle disabled and engulfed in flames, the soldier...

Insufficient abortion data fails to fully assess the post-Dobbs landscape We may never know the full impact on reproductive health and pregnant people resulting from last year’s Supreme Court decision, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, which returned ...

Taking on trash: How one scientist is addressing the complexity of the plastics problem Gregg Beckham’s interest in his eventual research topic showed up early in life. But while his future scientific peers spent time digging for dinosaurs or soaked in seawater, Bec...

Leaders describe public health trust-building among Colorado Indigenous communities In 2021, as new vaccines were spreading unevenly across the United States, the fastest and broadest uptake came in a population that had been especially hard hit during the first y...

A lab on wheels helps reveal how cannabis affects everything from running to sleep You might never think an inconspicuous white van would be a hub for cannabis research. But by transforming a Dodge Sprinter van into a mobile laboratory, researchers at the Univers...

Beyond timekeeping: Atomic clocks can teach us more about the universe Quantum physicist Jun Ye built the most precise atomic clock on Earth—but it’s not good enough for him. His goal is to assemble one that is a thousand times more precise. The r...

Michael Mann shares his cautious optimism for the future through a look at Earth’s past Hey, mighty brontosaurus, don’t you have a lesson for us? The line from “Walking in Your Footsteps” by The Police echoed through the ballroom of the University Memorial Cente...

Chemical disaster reveals need for good science in crisis responses Just before 9 p.m. on Feb. 3, a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. More than eight months later, amid a fog of misinformation and mistrust, residents ...

Amid unrest in the universe of UAPs, experts discuss NASA’s future role Identifying unidentified objects in our skies is a difficult task. Talking about research on them amid a lack of data, differing perspectives, and social media backlash exponential...

Trust and openness are vital for collaborating with Indigenous communities Indigenous communities have gathered centuries of knowledge on judiciously using and managing their land and its offerings. At a recent conference in Colorado, science writers lear...

Bad indoor air lasted weeks after Colorado fire After the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history burned more than a thousand structures, contaminated indoor air plagued surviving homes for several weeks. As the smell of s...