Paper angels, real inequality
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I am not a religious person, but my best memories of church are of my grandmother and I standing together beside an angel tree. We went year-round, but at this time of year, the...
Goodbye, Hawkins
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It has been nine years since the first season of Stranger Things turned the world upside down in 2016. Now the series is finally coming to an end in 2025, and I don’t know...
ChatGPT’s culpability in inducing AI psychosis
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Artificial intelligence (AI)-induced psychosis is an emerging problem, with numerous reports of AI-induced psychotic episodes surfacing on the internet. Although no epidemiological studies of the effects of conversational generative AI on mental health have...
The feelings films leave behind
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For Brenda Austin-Smith, a professor in the department of English, theatre, film & media at the U of M, the power of cinema has always been inseparable from the power of feeling. Her research...
Coffee cups and conversations
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The Scientific Revolution during the Modern Age is often remembered for its monumental discoveries, like Newton’s laws of motion and Kepler’s planetary motion. Ideas like these transformed the intellectual landscape of Europe and continue...
Does the U of M need more food options?
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Everywhere I look on campus, there is a familiar feeling that wells up inside of me when I realize there’s nothing for me to eat.
Now, dear reader, you may be thinking there are many...
Social media use linked to cognitive decline in youth
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Newly published findings from the ongoing Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study, one of the largest studies on youth development, links increased social media use during adolescence to lower cognitive performance. Dr. Jason Nagata...
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