Parasympathetic Activity and Inhibitory Control as Predictors of Health Behaviors

Inhibitory control is an executive function associated with the ability to stop a prepotent response. Social stress has been shown to diminish both parasympathetic nervous system activity and an individual&rsquo;s inhibitory control. Parasympathetic nervous system activity has been thought to underlie inhibitory control. With social stress and risky health behaviors being issues among college students,&nbsp; we examined parasympathetic reactivity and inhibitory control as predictors of risky health behaviors among college students. Using the stop-signal task to measure pre- to post-stress inhibitory control, 99 undergraduate students underwent the Trier Social Stress Test for Groups (TSST-G). Results indicated no relationship between parasympathetic activity and inhibitory control performance. Additionally, neither parasympathetic activity nor inhibitory control performance predicted risky self-reported health behaviors. This study suggests that the parasympathetic activity and inhibitory control correlation found in previous studies may not be sufficient to explain engagement in risky health behaviors. </p

US Newspaper Coverage of Climate Change or Global Warming, 2000-2025 - December 2025

The Media and Climate Change Observatory Data monitors 131 sources (across newspapers, radio and TV) in 59 countries in seven different regions around the world. Data is assembled by accessing archives through the Lexis Nexis, Proquest and Factiva databases via the University of Colorado libraries. More information may be found at: http://mecco.colorado.edu.</p

SORCE-SIM Spectral Solar Irradiance Level 3 ENIGMA (L3E)

The SORCE-SIM Solar Spectral Irradiance (SSI) data products are provided on a fixed wavelength scale which varies in spectral resolution from 1-34 nm over the entire spectral range. Irradiances are reported at a mean solar distance of 1 AU and zero relative line-of-sight velocity with respect to the Sun. The SORCE-SIM Level3 ENIGMA (L3E) Version 1 data product is the result of the NASA Solar Irradiance Science Team (SIST) ENIGMA project. It incorporates updated solar exposure records and degradation corrections based on the delay between solar observations when compared to the NNLSSI proxy model. A new absolute calibration was applied to the IRRADIANCES, based on the TSIS-1 SIM measurememnts during the overlap period of the two missions. The details of this effort are included in the release notes available with the dataset here and at https://lasp.colorado.edu/ SORCE-SIM Solar Spectral Irradiance (SSI) Measurement Summary. &nbsp; &nbsp;Measuring Instrument &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; SIM (Spectral Irradiance Monitor) &nbsp; &nbsp;Temporal Cadence &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Daily &nbsp; &nbsp;Detector &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Radiometer (ESR) and Photodiodes (UV, VIS, &amp; IR) &nbsp; &nbsp;Instrument Modes &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 31 (ESR), 41 (VIS), 43 (UV), 44 (IR) &nbsp; &nbsp;Spectral Range &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 210.04-2401.40 nm &nbsp; &nbsp;Spectral Resolution &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;variable (1-34 nm) &nbsp; &nbsp;Accuracy &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 2% &nbsp; &nbsp;Long-Term Repeatability &nbsp; &nbsp;&lt; 0.1%/yr The dataset is provided in netCDF4 and IDL Savefile formats. Each include a descriptive header of the content. Each data record contains the nominal date in YYYYMMDD.D and Julian Day Number (JDN), the wavelength of the irradiance measurement (repeated in the MIN_WAVELENGTH and MAX_WAVELENGTH fields), the INSTRUMENT_MODE, DATA_VERSION, spectral IRRADIANCE, IRRADIANCE_UNCERTAINTY, and data QUALITY flag. Additional data files and IDL code are included in the SORCE_SIM_L3E_ANCILLARY folder. These include the uncorrected irradiances for the four detectors on Channel-A and Channel-B (8 total). Also included are the mean spectral degradation signatures for these detectors, the solar exposure record from the instrument telemetry and the updated Solar exposure from this work. &nbsp;The SORCE to TSIS Irradiance Correction Ratio (STICR) data file, which brings to SORCE-SIM calibartion to the TSIS-1SIM, is also included. &nbsp;These are provided in the IDL Savefile format. A seperate sub-folder (level3Smoothing) contains the list of jump corrections that were applied to each detector data as a function of time and wavelength. The IDL code developed specifically for this research is included in the folder SORCE_SIM_L3E_CODE. &nbsp;</p

CU RESEARCH COMPUTING AI/ML SURVEY

In 2025 CU Boulder Research Computing conducted a survey to collect information about researchers' knowledge of and usage of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in their research. &nbsp;The objective was to help CU Research Computing (CURC) prioritize future support (training, services, hardware) related to AI/ML research at CU.&nbsp;&nbsp;We believe the results may be generalizable beyond CU, and thus the de-identified results are published herein.</p

Norwegian Newspaper Coverage of Climate Change or Global Warming, 2000-2026 - March 2026

The Media and Climate Change Observatory Data monitors 131 sources (across newspapers, radio and TV) in 59 countries in seven different regions around the world. Data is assembled by accessing archives through the Lexis Nexis, Proquest and Factiva databases via the University of Colorado libraries. More information may be found at: http://mecco.colorado.edu.</p

Australian Newspaper Coverage of Climate Change or Global Warming, 2000-2026 - March 2026

The Media and Climate Change Observatory Data monitors 131 sources (across newspapers, radio and TV) in 59 countries in seven different regions around the world. Data is assembled by accessing archives through the Lexis Nexis, Proquest and Factiva databases via the University of Colorado libraries. More information may be found at: http://mecco.colorado.edu.</p

Asian Newspaper Coverage of Climate Change or Global Warming, 2004-2026 - February 2026

The Media and Climate Change Observatory Data monitors 131 sources (across newspapers, radio and TV) in 59 countries in seven different regions around the world. Data is assembled by accessing archives through the Lexis Nexis, Proquest and Factiva databases via the University of Colorado libraries. More information may be found at: http://mecco.colorado.edu.</p

US Television Coverage of Climate Change or Global Warming, 2000-2026 - January 2026

The Media and Climate Change Observatory Data monitors 131 sources (across newspapers, radio and TV) in 59 countries in seven different regions around the world. Data is assembled by accessing archives through the Lexis Nexis, Proquest and Factiva databases via the University of Colorado libraries. More information may be found at: http://mecco.colorado.edu.</p

Media and Climate Change Observatory Monthly Summary: A huge harmful effect on the world and future generations - Issue 110, February 2026

February media coverage of climate change or global warming in newspapers around the globe dropped 8% from January 2026. Meanwhile, coverage in February 2026 plummeted 31% from February 2025. In February, international wire service coverage decreased 16% from the month earlier (January) and 15% from February 2025. Figure 1 shows trends in newspaper media coverage at the global scale &ndash; organized into seven geographical regions around the world &ndash; across 22 years, from February 2004 through February 2026.</p

This Planet Will Kill You

A science-fiction thriller about alienation, femininity, race, and disability.&nbsp;This Planet Will Kill You follows Gwen Elliott, a young woman who has been alienatedall her life; being biracial, adopted, and neurodivergent, she has never fit in anywhere. Gwendiscovers through a client of the literary magazine where she works that she may be the vesselfor an alien consciousness, one of thirteen that have been hidden in plain sight among humansfor almost 25 years. Trapped between Gavin, her controlling fiancee, and Ivo, the supposedleader of the alien vessels, Gwen is pulled in opposite directions and unsure where her loyaltieslie. Ivo presents her with an ultimatum: their spaceship leaves on her wedding day. Facedbetween the pressures of humanity and the unknown dangers of leaving everything behind forouter space, Gwen must make a vital choice about how she wants to chart the course of her life.One of the main themes I explore in This Planet Will Kill You is alienation and isolation,especially from a marginalized perspective. Aliens have often been used in science fiction toexamine any kind of Other, be it a literal minority group or a societal fear. However, I havealways been drawn to aliens, as they offer a perspective that allows you to examine commonsocietal expectations that are unusual in any other context, but are normal because we have beensocialized to believe that they are normal. Though Gwen&rsquo;s experiences are not an exactrepresentation of mine, growing up as a mixed-race and neurodivergent woman made me feel asthough I was not privy to some innate, human truth that all of my white, neurotypical, andsocially-adjusted peers knew deep in their bones. Having Gwen already harbor these experiencesalong with being an alien vessel presented an opportunity to lean into a genre-fiction metaphorfor feeling as though you have dual, multiple identities living inside of you, and having topresent as something you&rsquo;re not in order to fit in within society.</p