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October 19, 2023
Politicians are turning Chinese investments in two multibillion-dollar battery plants in the midwest into an election “wedge issue,” said Mary Gallagher, professor of political science: “This strategy, which is a short-term strategy to win elections, is shortchanging the U.S.’s ability to compete in the long term.”
MLive -
October 19, 2023
The fairest outcome in the Google antitrust trial would be an across-the-board ban on all default agreements between search engines and smartphones and web browsers, said Florian Schaub, associate professor of information: “If people still choose to use Google, that is at least a consumer choice, which would be better than having people stick to a default because they are conditioned to that default.”
The Associated Press -
October 19, 2023
“What many parents are missing is the recognition that over the long term, there are negative consequences to children not having sufficient opportunities to progress toward independence,” said Sarah Clark, associate director of Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health, whose research shows many parents are guilty of “helicopter” parenting even when they think they aren’t.
U.S. News & World Report -
October 18, 2023
“Instead of reconnecting communities, it is going to make a bigger gulf between downtown and the east side. Instead of being safer for people who are walking or biking, particularly in the east-west direction, it’s going to be more dangerous,” said Bryan Boyer, assistant professor of practice in architecture, on the redesign of Detroit’s I-375 highway into a six-lane boulevard.
WXYZ/Detroit -
October 18, 2023
Thinking about exercise in all-or-nothing terms — “I need at least 30 minutes or there’s no point.” — is the enemy of consistency. You want to adopt the mindset that “any and all movement is worth it, and everything counts,” said Michelle Segar, associate research scientist at the Institute for Research on Women and Gender.
The Wall Street Journal -
October 18, 2023
“Each chapter in that history helps us understand why good people can look at this problem from such different perspectives and feel earnestly they are on the right side of this,” said John Ciorciari, professor of public policy, regarding the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinians.
CBS News Detroit -
October 17, 2023
Research led by Amanda Cook Maher, clinical assistant professor of psychiatry, suggests that people older than 80 whose cognitive abilities are on par with those who are 20 to 30 years younger, have more warm, trusting, high-quality relationships with other people than cognitively normal senior adults: “Keeping in good relationships could be one key to healthspan.”
The Wall Street Journal -
October 17, 2023
It’s important that people learn how they can use artificial intelligence as a tool, rather than be fearful of it, said Ravi Pendse, vice president for information technology and chief information officer: “We have to learn this technology, we cannot ignore it. … We cannot bury our heads in the sand and say, ‘I’m just not going to worry about it.’ The rest of the world would eat our lunch if we did that.”
Crain's Detroit Business -
October 17, 2023
“Research has shown us over the last several decades that exposure to war, violence, exposure to media violence, has a significant negative impact on children,” said Michelle Kees, clinical associate professor of psychiatry. “We know that children who watched a tremendous amount of this particular media coverage later report greater symptoms of anxiety and even symptoms of post-traumatic stress.”
ABC News -
October 16, 2023
Fewer birds migrate during space weather events due to the effects that geomagnetic storms have on their ability to navigate using Earth’s magnetic field, say Ben Winger, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, and doctoral student Eric Gulson-Castillo. “Birds are likely using a suite of navigation cues to increase the accuracy of their migrations. This includes the magnetic field and … the rotation of the stars and visual cues such as coastlines and mountain ranges,” Gulson-Castillo said.
Newsweek
