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Turning the desert into an oasis

Students from the Weitzman School of Design journeyed to Senegal to help with a massive ecological and infrastructural greening effort as part of their coursework. The Dakar Greenbelt aims to combat desertification and promote sustainable urban growth.

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Wages are rising faster than inflation. Why are consumers still feeling the pinch?

Jesús Fernández-Villaverde of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the real wage of a person that spends much of their income on food and housing might not have kept up with their personal inflation.

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USA Today

Health companies return $2.6 trillion to shareholders over time amid rising medical costs

A study led by Victor Roy of the Perelman School of Medicine finds that consumers and employers ultimately contributed to corporate health profits by paying for insurance premiums, out-of-pocket medical bills, and taxes.

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New Scientist

CAR T-cell therapy could help prevent clogged arteries

Robert Schwab of the Perelman School of Medicine says that, if statins worked perfectly, cardiovascular disease wouldn’t remain the leading cause of death worldwide.

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Newsweek

Donald Trump gets bad news about his Social Security taxes plan

A study by Kent Smetters of the Penn Wharton Budget Model and colleagues estimates that cutting taxes on Social Security benefits could cost the federal government $1.5 trillion during the next decade and exacerbate Social Security’s projected funding shortfalls.

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SciTechDaily

Scientists found a brain switch that could turn anxiety on and off

A study by postdoc Pei Wern Chin of the School of Arts & Sciences found that anxiety behaviors in mice could be controlled by either stimulating or inhibiting the neurons that release serotonin in the cerebellum.

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The New York Times

Trump argues that courts cannot block Musk’s team from Treasury systems

David Zaring of the Wharton School says that the idea of a professionalized civil service has been around since the 19th century.

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Science Alert

New strain of bird flu in Nevada reveals a concerning mutation

Louise Moncla of the School of Veterinary Medicine says that cows may be more broadly susceptible to bird flu viruses than initially thought.

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Reuters

Trump’s SEC starts shifting agency’s focus as job cut threat spooks staff

Daniel Taylor of the Wharton School says that bureaucratically inefficient agencies can’t be improved by threatening their workforces, having mass layoffs, and making unexplained changes.

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Newsweek

Maryland teacher allegedly backs ICE raids on schools in social media posts

Sarah Paoletti of Penn Carey Law says that ICE is limited in its ability to come into homes and detain people without a warrant.

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Yahoo! News

Should generative AI tools be restricted in the workplace over security?

According to a report by security researchers from Penn and hardware conglomerate Cisco, DeepSeek’s AI model is vulnerable to jailbreaking.

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