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At least 15 Florida public colleges & universities have signed agreements allowing campus police to collaborate with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Researchers and faculty say the changes are increasing fear and uncertainty among immigrant and international students.
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Sleeping with your dog in the same room could be hurting your sleep quality.

Good news for cat people: The research team found no evidence for a negative effect on sleep when co-sleeping with cats.

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Medicaid enrollment surged during the pandemic, then tumbled during the ‘Great Unwinding’. A health economist who studies the effects of public policy on insurance coverage looks at how paperwork and particular state policies influence who is still covered.
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Artemis II crew brought a human eye and storytelling vision to the photos they took on their mission A photography expert explains how a photographer makes artistic decisions that an AI algorithm or robot can’t replicate.

Photos taken by the Artemis II astronauts create a powerful, authentic connection—something technology alone can’t replicate. By prioritizing human perspective, the astronauts brought deeper meaning to what we saw, according to a professor of photographic sciences.

AIs have ‘personalities’ – here’s how they affect you more deeply than you may realize The persona an AI chatbot presents can not only influence your behavior, but even your physiological responses.

AI models display language patterns that we read as personality: supportive or dismissive, playful or formal, bold or cautious. A researcher in human-AI collaboration looks at the impact:

‘Bouncing back’ is a myth – resilience means integrating hard experiences into your life story, not ignoring them Push through, stay strong, fight back – people often think of resilience as being tough and having grit. But research suggests it’s more about acknowledging the scars as you continue to move forward.

Push through, stay strong, fight back—resilience is often framed as toughness and grit. But a cancer survivor who wrote the book “Falling Forward: The New Science of Resilience and Personal Transformation” argues resilience is really about integrating loss into your life story—and moving forward.

Cannabis legalization spurs innovation, but not always in ways that benefit patients or public health Legal recreational cannabis use comes with an increase in innovation – but tends to focus on what marketers and businesses are interested in, rather than health benefits and risks.

Legal recreational cannabis use comes with an increase in innovation – but that focuses on commercial products, not clinical trials. Economists studying how institutional changes affect innovation explain:

How a new mapping tool helps Florida planners protect wildlife corridors as the state grows A new mapping tool allows local governments, conservation groups and landowners to understand how their land-use decisions affect wildlife and natural resources.

Florida's population surged by nearly 3 million residents between 2010-2020, fragmenting the remaining habitats for bears, panthers and other wildlife. A new mapping tool aims to help planners balance growth with ecological connectivity.

Artemis II crew brought a human eye and storytelling vision to the photos they took on their mission A photography expert explains how a photographer makes artistic decisions that an AI algorithm or robot can’t replicate.

Artemis II crew brought a human eye and storytelling vision to the photos they took on their mission

Artemis II crew brought a human eye and storytelling vision to the photos they took on their mission A photography expert explains how a photographer makes artistic decisions that an AI algorithm or robot can’t replicate.

Artemis II crew brought a human eye and storytelling vision to the photos they took on their mission

25 million people lost Medicaid after the COVID-19 pandemic — and state policies shaped who stayed covered Medicaid enrollment surged during the pandemic, then tumbled during the Great Unwinding – reflecting how paperwork and state policy determine who keeps health coverage.

How a new mapping tool helps Florida planners protect wildlife corridors as the state grows

25 million people lost Medicaid after the COVID‑19 pandemic — and state policies shaped who stayed covered
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Gray whales are dying in San Francisco Bay at an alarming rate – this isn’t normal In the past, the gray whale population recovered fairly quickly. But data on baby whales show that isn’t happening, and a new study finds an alarmingly high mortality rate.

Gray whales are dying in San Francisco Bay at an alarming rate – this isn’t normal

4 ways the war in Iran has weakened the United States in the great power game China and Russia view the latest Washington intervention in the Middle East as a further decline of the United States’ global power.

4 ways the war in Iran has weakened the United States in the great power game

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We’ll miss having Naomi on the job 24/7 — and the smart, thoughtful editing she brought to every story.

But she’s still be editing and even making videos with us. If you enjoyed the articles in this thread, subscribe to our weekly politics newsletter:
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Ancient Greece had extreme polarization and civil strife too – how Thucydides can help us understand Jan. 6 and its aftermath The insights of an ancient historian show that the causes of civil unrest are often the same over time and across societies.

Naomi especially appreciated bringing the perspectives of the humanities to today’s challenges.

Here’s a piece she commissioned from a poet and classicist, marking the second anniversary of the January 6th insurrection.

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What should journalists do when the facts don’t matter? Historical examples abound of American news consumers being presented with verified facts about controversial figures or events, only to have the excellent journalism have little to no effect.

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The story you often hear about Black men and fatherhood is incomplete.

Years of research show many are deeply committed partners and fathers — even if media narratives suggest otherwise.

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George Washington would have so worn a mask A biographer of George Washington says that the father of the country would have no problem wearing the kind of protective gear that President Trump shuns.

From COVID days: George Washington likely would have worn a mask out of respect for his community and the dead. He valued self-awareness and self-control – qualities this story highlighted, and one Naomi especially appreciated editing.

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Repeated government lying, warned Hannah Arendt, makes it impossible for citizens to think and to judge When officials lie time and again, people don’t know what to trust. And when this happens, citizens cannot deliberate, approve or dissent coherently, because a shared world no longer exists.

From earlier this year when federal officials lied over and over again about fatal encounters between citizens and federal agents in Minneapolis.

Warnings from Hannah Arendt – repeated government lying makes it impossible for citizens to think and judge:

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Congress once fought to limit a president’s war powers − more than 50 years later, its successors are less willing to assert their authority At the tail end of the Vietnam War, Congress engaged in a breathtaking act of legislative assertion, affirming that lawmakers held the power to declare war – not the president.

About the 1973 War Powers Act:

It emerged from a bipartisan coalition in Congress that was dismayed at President Nixon’s secret bombing of Cambodia and waging war without Congressional authorization.
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Here’s a fun pic with Naomi (in the middle with a scarf) and the rest of the staff in 2019 - many of these folks are still on the team!

After 8 years with The Conversation, our colleague @democracyeditor.bsky.social is giving up her leadership of our politics and democracy desk and downshifting to part-time. She covered the beat with clarity, precision and care. Take a look at some of our favorite pieces she edited over the years:

…’Trump belittles those who must bear the effects of a struggling economy and an ill-conceived war. From this perspective, the shift among his base is not due to their realization that Trump lies’.

It’s that he has betrayed them.

Israeli threats to occupy or annex south Lebanon dust off a decades-old playbook As before, however, any such move into the country would be fraught with the same risks that have bedeviled past Israeli invasions of Lebanon.

"The lack of resolved borders and Israel’s periodic incursions into southern Lebanon have predictably meant that Lebanon has struggled to assert sovereignty over its own territory," Dickinson Prof. Mireille Rebeiz explains in @us.theconversation.com dson.co/4c6kyRm

Many stories of women at Treblinka went untold for decades.

80 years later, new research is finally bringing their suffering, resilience and role in the uprising into the historical record.
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The science behind splashdown − how NASA got the Artemis II crew safely back on Earth
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Water conservation works, but climate change is outpacing it: Phoenix, Denver and Las Vegas offer a glimpse of the future Cities have the best chance of reducing water use when people actively participate in water conservation, but even that might not be enough in the future.

You can cut your water use (shorter showers, less lawn watering) — and it still likely won’t be enough to keep your city in a desert from running short in the long run.


Climate change is moving faster than water savings can keep up.

Doctors can refuse to treat LGBTQ+ patients in several states – these religious exemption laws lead to drops in HIV testing An increasing number of laws aim to roll back LGBTQ+ people’s ability to access health care, leading to cascading effects on their well-being.

Laws that allow health care professionals to refuse to treat LGBTQ+ patients have cascading effects.

A new study found that the ‘conscientious objection’ laws were associated with significant harms to LGBQ+ adults, including a 28% decline in HIV testing.
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Artemis II moonshot reflects a spacefaring vision present in Jules Verne’s 19th-century novel Going to the Moon isn’t just about science. Novelist Jules Verne predicted some of the societal ramifications modern lunar missions are creating today.

More than 150 years ago, author Jules Verne imagine a Moon mission shaped by politics, ambition and global attention 🌕

Now, after the successful Artemis mission, it’s a reminder of just how much his 19th-century novel “From the Earth to the Moon” got right.