The potential sale of TikTok to U.S. investors leaves the fate of its secret sauce -- its algorithm -- up in the air. A social media scholar explains how the app works and what might change if it becomes a U.S.-only platform shaped by American tastes and overseen by Trump’s allies. https://buff.ly/YsEBSL4
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Scams and frauds: Here are the tactics criminals use on you in the age of AI and cryptocurrencies
Technology has supercharged fraud. The ruses are ancient, but the tools scammers use are cutting edge.
Palestinian statehood is winning major new supporters at the UN. But these sorts of diplomatic wins haven’t helped in the past, according to a scholar of modern Palestinian history. https://buff.ly/zgNP1Eo
US touts collaborative plan to tackle Mexico’s drug cartels – but initiative is met with denial and mistrust south of the border
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US touts collaborative plan to tackle Mexico’s drug cartels – but initiative is met with denial and mistrust south of the border
President Claudia Sheinbaum walks a fine line between appeasing Washington and not alienating voters at home.
Tradwife culture is not just aiming to restore “traditional” gender roles, according to researchers of extremism. It is also a force in formulating a new model of womanhood: one that incorporates strong religious identity, a specific feminine aesthetic, and far-right ideas.
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Sourdough and submission in the name of God: How tradwife content fuses femininity with anti-feminist ideas
Tradwives influencers’ throw-back aesthetics mask a divisive ideology about women’s roles, two scholars of extremism explain.
Overdose deaths in Pennsylvania dropped from over 5,000 in 2021 to about 3,300 in 2024. A new database provides transparency into how $2.2B in opioid settlement funds are being used to address the crisis. https://buff.ly/k5PV3gH
Presidents typically avoid personal conflicts with governors and university leaders. Trump's approach marks a stark departure, diving into cultural battles his predecessors sidestepped. A historian of the American presidency explains: https://buff.ly/W85GZnq
Nearly half of Americans have high blood pressure, the leading risk factor for heart disease and stroke. New guidelines lower the threshold for diagnosing it, and also offer new guidance on individual risk assessment and prevention. https://buff.ly/mPqK8S9
New nuclear microreactors could power towns (instead of cities). But after decades of fraught relationships between the nuclear industry and communities, rebuilding public trust is crucial, explains a nuclear engineer. https://buff.ly/oTndhku
Learning to name and categorize objects in early childhood may be key to building executive function, psychologists say, according to a fascinating new brain scan study. These skills are linked to growing into financially stable, healthy and productive adults.
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Naming and categorizing objects is part of how young kids develop executive function skills – new research
Kids with good executive function tend to grow up to be financially stable, healthy, productive adults. Past attempts to teach these skills have fl...