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- AI is changing disaster response. By scanning social media in real time, it can pinpoint where help is needed most—faster than official reports. buff.ly/HRmiwks #disasterresponse #tech #AI
- From 1976 to 2015, 80% of Louisiana death sentences were overturned, and 12 people were exonerated. A political scientist notes the state isn’t alone in facing wrongful convictions, and a system that doesn’t put justice first. buff.ly/oTK7PFl #DNA #DeathRow Austin Sarat, Amherst College
- Bees in the US are emerging 10.4 days earlier in the spring than they did 130 years ago. A biologist explains how a timing mismatch with flowering plants is worsening pollinator decline and reducing food production. buff.ly/pG5fXgA #climatechange 🌎#climatesky
- Philadelphia was once an epicenter of the national anarchist movement, supported by the city's Jewish immigrant community. A media studies professor explores his great-grandfather’s role in this forgotten chapter in U.S. history: buff.ly/jisLaxb
- 2/3 of 4th graders still read below grade level. Phonics helps, but it’s not enough—kids need balanced literacy. Some tips: 📚 Send home good books 🗞 All reading counts (Signs, cereal boxes—it's all literacy) 🎉 Make it fun 📖 Choose a good series 🎯 Try 30-min weekly tutoring
- Cancer research doesn’t rely solely on government grants – but they are a key part of a complex and successful ecosystem. A cancer biologist explains the interdependence of these parts: academia, pharma, biotechnology startups, federal agencies and private foundations: buff.ly/T784Ma5 🧪🩺
- Contaminated milk from one plant in Illinois sickened thousands with Salmonella in 1985 − as outbreaks rise in the US, lessons from this one remain true buff.ly/KRo6Olh
- Reposted by The Conversation U.S.Mark Carney tells Donald Trump ‘Canada is not for sale’ in a high-stakes Oval Office meeting
- Reposted by The Conversation U.S."The bottom line is that repealing the estate tax may hurt both taxpayers and the government." #RutgersLaw Prof. Reid Kress Weisbord co-wrote an essay for @us.theconversation.com explaining why a repeal of the U.S. estate tax could cause headaches: theconversation.com/repealing-th... #lawsky
