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Science & Technology June 11, 2025

Do you know how to prepare for your digital life after death? CU Boulder’s student-run clinic has some advice

by Dylan Thomas Doyle, University of Colorado Boulder and Jed R. Brubaker, University of Colorado Boulder, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] From family photos in…

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Austell June 4, 2025

Shameta Jones-Harrell appointed police chief of Austell

The City of Austell has a new police chief, one who has already been serving in that role. In a social media post, Austell officials announced that the city council…

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Science & Technology June 3, 2025

Is AI sparking a cognitive revolution that will lead to mediocrity and conformity?

by Wolfgang Messner, University of South Carolina, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Artificial Intelligence began as a quest to simulate the human brain. Is it…

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Business & Economy May 28, 2025

Our recent tariffs are taxes collected by the U.S. government from American businesses

By Larry Felton Johnson I’m writing this short nuts-and-bolts article on what the recent U.S. tariffs are because of the confusion I’ve seen on social media about who pays for…

Science and Technology May 22, 2025

AI chatbots refuse to produce ‘controversial’ output − why that’s a free speech problem

by Jordi Calvet-Bademunt, Vanderbilt University and Jacob Mchangama, Vanderbilt University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Google recently made headlines globally because its chatbot Gemini generated…

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Government & Politics May 21, 2025

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Sold Stocks Two Days Before Trump Announced a Plan for Reciprocal Tariffs

This article by Robert Faturechi and Brandon Roberts originally appeared on the ProPublica website. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive…

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Government & Politics May 19, 2025

U.S. House right wing tanks Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ in Budget Committee

by Ashley Murray and Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] May 16, 2025 WASHINGTON — Republicans suffered a major setback to…

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Health & Wellness May 19, 2025

Why we fall for fake health information – and how it spreads faster than facts

by Angshuman K. Kashyap, University of Maryland, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In today’s digital world, people routinely turn to the internet for health or…

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Opinion & Editorial May 16, 2025

Bookman: Some likely suspects who knifed MTG’s U.S. Senate run

by Jay Bookman, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] May 15, 2025 Through most of last week, U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene sounded…

Equity & Justice May 16, 2025

Lady Gaga bomb plot: Thwarted plan lifts veil on the gamification of hate and gendered nature of online radicalization

by David Nemer, University of Virginia and Arthur Coelho Bezerra, Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia (Ibict), [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The…

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