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  “A lot of times people feel like, ‘It doesn’t matter how long I sleep. I wake up and feel like a truck ran over me,’” said Sonja Schuetz, clinical associate professor of neurology, about people who experience unrefreshing sleep without a clear underlying medical cause — a phenomenon that seems linked to inadequate deep, restorative rest.

  TIME
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  “It’s important to point out that the existence of (ballot) vulnerabilities is not in and of itself evidence that any past election result was compromised. But it’s certainly a concern looking ahead. … Of course, as a voter, the existence of vulnerabilities isn’t a reason not to vote,” said J. Alex Halderman, professor of electrical engineering and computer science.

  National Public Radio
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  “On the one hand, we want (judges) to be nonpartisan, unbiased people who are lawyers, who apply the law without fear or favor. On the other hand, we know that judging is an activity — especially at the (state) Supreme Court level — that entails a lot of political judgment,” said Nicholas Bagley, professor of law. “That ambivalence … has really scrambled our elections, and put us into this, I think, unfortunate spot.”

  Michigan Public