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August 28, 2024
“Once you put these subsidies in place, they’re really hard to remove, and they would in all likelihood require an act of Congress to repeal. So this is not something a Biden administration or a Harris administration could do unilaterally,” said Barry Rabe, professor of public policy and environment, about Democrats’ desire to eliminate tax breaks for fossil fuels.
The Wall Street Journal -
August 28, 2024
Unlike most people who are content to talk to friends and family, or maybe volunteer with a political campaign, a certain subset of the population is internally driven to protest, says Yanna Krupnikov, professor of communication and media: “For people who are deeply involved, political expression feels really immediate. … Politics is so abstract and disconnected, so huge, that sometimes it feels like the only thing we can do is express ourselves and hope others hear it.”
USA Today -
August 28, 2024
“A lot of enterprises, I would say, understand the need to be accountable, but accountable and transparent may not be thought of as synonymous,” said historian Earl Lewis, professor and director of the Center for Social Solutions, whose team designed a database to make information about the commitments and actions taken by major U.S. corporations around racial equity more accessible.
The Associated Press -
August 27, 2024
Caffeine and alcohol often make it difficult to fall asleep and may contribute to lower sleep quality, says Erica Jansen, assistant professor of nutritional sciences: “It’s best to avoid both substances four to six hours before bedtime. Although alcohol may cause you to fall asleep faster, it … leaves you feeling unrefreshed.”
I News (U.K.) -
August 27, 2024
Nikola Banovic, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science, says the generative AI model used by X (formerly Twitter) lacks guardrails and can be used with little to no training or tutorials: “What makes it particularly challenging is that (models) are approaching the ability to generate something really realistic, perhaps even plausible, but that the general public might not have the kind of media or AI literacy to detect as disinformation.”
Rolling Stone -
August 27, 2024
Amy Young, lecturer of business communication, says workplace burnout is caused not only by how much work employees have but how that work is done. Burnout can lead to “not showing up to work in a way that they once did, being late on getting assignments in, just low energy. … If you have a really inefficient workflow, or if there are unnecessary tasks that an employee is doing, they can feel really discouraged.”
Inc. Australia -
August 26, 2024
As the world’s population increases and more infrastructure is built across the planet, about 57% of all land will see a rise in overlap between humans and wildlife by 2070, say Neil Carter, associate professor of environment and sustainability, and SEAS research fellow Deqiang Ma. “This means that all sorts of novel interactions, good and bad, between people and wildlife will emerge in the near future,” Carter said. The increasing overlap, Ma said, “is the result of the expansion of human population much more so than changes in species distributions caused by climate change.”
Newsweek -
August 26, 2024
“Immigrants are not an organized rebel group ready to commit violence. They are often fleeing dire and dangerous situations and just trying to live their lives,” said Megan Stewart, associate professor of public policy, who notes that, historically, the much more common dynamic is that immigrants are victims of violence perpetrated by right-wing extremists with white supremacist ideologies.
CNBC -
August 26, 2024
Research by Julie Bynum, professor of geriatric medicine, suggests that stigma as well as access to primary care or behavioral neurological specialists may impact the odds of getting a formal diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease: “We tell anecdotes about how hard it is to get a diagnosis and maybe it is harder in some places. It’s not just your imagination. It actually is different from place to place.”
National Public Radio -
August 21, 2024
“Air pollutants are able to get really deep into our lungs. They can actually travel around our bodies. … They can impact how well our brain works and all of those things — your ability to breathe, your ability to process information while not having dementia — contribute to people’s ability to take care of themselves in late life,” said Sara Adar, professor of epidemiology.
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