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January 31, 2024
“Our perception of days, weeks, years and that kind of time seems to be especially influenced by our perspective: Are we in the moment experiencing it, or are we looking backward on time?” said Cindy Lustig, professor of psychology. “When you’re looking back, the less rich your representation is, the more it’s going to seem like the time went by quickly.”
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January 31, 2024
“There’s something to the idea of sharing financial constraints or saving intentions in a more open way that can be useful and good,” said Scott Rick, associate professor of marketing, on the practice of loud budgeting — a public declaration on social media to rein in spending, thereby making it harder to bail on your financial goal.
The Wall Street Journal -
January 31, 2024
“We can’t just expect that we’re going to reduce screen time by an hour and things are just going to get better in our family. Then you just leave this vacuum of an hour where kids are going to be like, ‘I’m bored, I don’t know what to do,’” said Jenny Radesky, associate professor pediatrics.
The Washington Post -
January 30, 2024
Scientists at the U-M Biological Station in Pellston are studying the impact of the up-north area’s declining snowpack. “Winters are changing, and those changes will impact forest productivity and water quality,” said station director Aimée Classen, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology. Classen Lab manager Karin Rand said reduced snowpack and more rainfall can wash nutrient-rich sediments into waterways, negatively affecting water quality.
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January 30, 2024
“Widespread exposure to toxins in heavy metals may have a big impact on health problems linked to earlier aging of the ovaries in middle-aged women, such as hot flashes, bone weakening and osteoporosis, higher chances of heart disease and cognitive decline,” said Sung Kyun Park, associate professor of epidemiology and environmental health sciences.
U.S. News & World Report -
January 30, 2024
Jonathan Hanson, lecturer in public policy, says having “vocal union leadership” that embraces President Biden’s electric vehicle push can help sway UAW members from voting for Donald Trump: “To the extent that the union leadership is able to articulate a message that they’re on board with this transition … that could serve to weaken the power of those attacks that are going to be coming from Trump.”
ABC News -
January 29, 2024
“Jumping in and doing a large number of retractions and corrections is something that’s fairly aggressive. From my perspective as someone promoting integrity in research, that’s spot-on — and I wish more organizations would do it,” said Nicholas Steneck, professor emeritus of history, on recent image duplications and discrepancies in dozens of studies at a Harvard-affiliated cancer hospital.
The Washington Post -
January 29, 2024
“American parties are increasingly seen as distinct racial and ethnic camps rather than institutions for delivering unique policy bundles, and this has major implications for understanding current political processes in the United States,” co-wrote Nicholas Valentino, professor of political science and research professor at the Center for Political Studies.
The New York Times -
January 29, 2024
“What’s different about electric vehicles is new electric vehicles are catching fire without there being a crash or some sort of road debris penetrating the battery pack,” said Greg Less, technical director at the U-M Battery Lab. “So in that sense, fires are more prevalent in new electric vehicles than in new gasoline cars.”
USA Today -
January 26, 2024
“The president talks about growing the economy from the middle out. What Michigan needs is to expand at the top. We need affluent people, people with high pay, households with high income and that’s what will drive personal income on a per capita basis,” said economist Don Grimes of the Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics.
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