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  A study of Germans born over seven decades found the older they get, the later they think old age begins. While the results may not apply everywhere, says Jacqui Smith, professor of psychology, “What this study is adding is that it’s comparing different people who were born at different times who’ve clearly gone through many different historical changes in their life.”

  NBC News
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  If their children don’t like what everyone else is eating, 3 in 5 parents will make something else for them, according to a Mott Children’s Hospital poll. “This is concerning because typically the alternative options are not as healthy as what is being offered as the family meal,” said poll co-director Susan Woolford, associate professor of pediatrics and of health behavior and health education.

  CNN
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  “They became sort of an enclave within the city; in the critical version, turned their back on the existing city and made a new city — something that’s been called interior urbanism,” said John McMorrough, professor of architecture, about megastructures like Detroit’s Renaissance Center, a city-within-a-city complex detached from its immediate surroundings.

  Crain's Detroit Business