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More friends, more division: Study finds growing social circles may fuel polarization
Complexity Science Hub Vienna
Between 2008 and 2010, polarization in society increased dramatically alongside a significant shift in social behavior: the number of close social contacts rose from an average of two to four or five ...[Continue Reading]
Phys.Org
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Colonel says US watered down report on Shireen Abu Aklehs killing
Joseph Stepansky
A former United States colonel who worked on a team that compiled a report on the Israeli militarys killing of Al Jazeera journalist and US citizen Shireen Abu Akleh has accused the administration of ...[Continue Reading]
Al Jazeera English
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AI chatbots routinely violate mental health ethics standards
Kevin Stacey-Brown
As more people turn to ChatGPT and other large language models (LLMs) for mental health advice, a new study details how these chatbotseven when prompted to use evidence-based psychotherapy techniques ...[Continue Reading]
Futurity: Research News
1 day ago
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Watch: How Halloween became the holiday it is today
John Boccacino-Syracuse U.
Before Halloween became a holiday for candy and costumes, it was a night for mayhem. In late 19th-century America, egged houses, trees draped in toilet paper and worse types of vandalism were the no ...[Continue Reading]
Futurity: Research News
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No stadium, new location. MSU trustees to vote on scaled-back Spartan Gateway plan
Karly Graham, Lansing State Journal
EAST LANSING Months after approving a plan to build a$150 million Olympic sports arenaand partner with a developer to build a hotel, private housing, restaurants and office space on the western edg ...[Continue Reading]
Lansing State Journal
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Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to allow it to fire head of US Copyright Office
MARK SHERMAN
WASHINGTON (AP) The Trump administration on Monday asked the Supreme Court to allow it to fire the director of the U.S. Copyright Office. The administration's newest emergency appeal to the high cou ...[Continue Reading]
Yahoo Entertainment
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