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☆ Inside Paradromics, the Neuralink competitor hoping to commercialize brain implants before the end of the decade
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Maria Gomez De Sicart | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

We're fundamentally building a medical device to serve unmet needs. What that does is it allows us to connect to the brain and receive data from the brain. And so Paradromics can take the science and apply the right engineering to get us from research to medical device. I work on developing processes or selecting the materials that we would like to use to build our cortical module, which is the brain implant portion of our system. We see that the first million people to get brain computer interfaces are going to be getting them to treat severe medical conditions.

Persons: Matt Angle, Paradromics, They're, I'm, Kimiko Nakajima, we're Organizations: BCI

☆ Newly discovered dinosaur’s horns look ‘like something a heavy metal rocker would wear’
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Jacopo Prisco | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

“It’s an area that’s known for producing horned dinosaurs. In fact, there are four other species of horned dinosaurs known from this particular region,” Sertich said. Fossils of the four other species of similar horned dinosaurs with which it shared its habitat were discovered in the same area. Different types of horned dinosaurs have distinct horns along the edge of that frill. “The bodies of these horned dinosaurs are very similar, yet their heads are adorned with some wild head gear.”Similar appendages are found on the heads of horned lizards, Lyson added, except in these horned dinosaurs, they are attached to multiton bodies.

Persons: ”, Joseph Sertich, “, ” Sertich, Lokiceratops, Mark Eatman, ” Eatman, don’t, They’re, it’s, Loki, Sertich, Brock Sisson, Ben Meredith, Mark Loewen, Steve Brusatte, ” Brusatte, David Norman, ” Norman, Tyler Lyson, “ I’m, “ It’s Organizations: CNN, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Colorado State University, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Museum, of Evolution, telltale, of Utah, University of Edinburgh, University of Cambridge, Denver Museum of Nature & Science Locations: Maribo, Denmark, Montana, Canada, North America, Raleigh, Lokiceratops, Salt Lake City, United Kingdom

☆ 3 Takeaways From Putin’s Trip to Vietnam
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Sui-Lee Wee | Paul Sonne | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

A day later, in Vietnam, the Russian leader was far less provocative. Vietnam values its relations with the United States, which would be jeopardized if Mr. Putin were to make fiery statements about Washington on its soil. So even though Vietnam and Russia have deep military relations and a shared communist history, leaders in Hanoi instead focused talks with Mr. Putin on boosting ties in areas like trade, education, energy, and science and technology. The Russian leader kept his formal remarks muted. There were no major breakthroughs, but the show of unity with Vietnam was designed to give Mr. Putin a veneer of international legitimacy at a time of increasing isolation in the West.

Persons: Vladimir V, Putin, Mr Locations: North Korea, Vietnam, Russian, United States, Washington, Russia, Hanoi, West

One by one, each country with the money and the drive to compete started its own nuclear weapons program. Even with this kind of evidence in hand, science has reached only limited conclusions about how nuclear weapons testing affects individuals’ health. They helped create the 2021 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, signed by 93 countries, which bans the possession, use and testing of nuclear weapons. France has acknowledged its “debt” to Polynesians over nuclear testing, and it created a commission in 2010 to evaluate nuclear testing victim compensation claims, but it has never apologized. We are still wrestling with the damage wrought by testing nuclear weapons in our past.

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☆ My husband and I used a 'Cinderella' rule to limit our kids' screen time. We don't regret it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Maria Estrada, 51, who is a plant-science lecturer at Fresno State and the mother of two teenagers. But when they were in middle school and younger, we had a Cinderella thing: At midnight, all the wifi would disappear. How we locked their devices at midnightLeft to right: Maria Estrada, her kids Pauline and John, and her husband Dexter, after the kids won first place in the plant science category at a science competition. Maria EstradaMy husband, Dexter, used two different apps to lock our kids' devices so they couldn't stay up late texting, watching videos, and playing games. Our kids have both excelledI don't do anything to restrict my kids' screen time anymore.

Persons: —, Maria Estrada, It's, I've, Estrada, Pauline, John, Dexter, John Benedict Estrada, he'd, Pauline Estrada, Maria Estrada Pauline, they've Organizations: Service, Fresno State, Business, YouTube, Microsoft, Safety, University of California Locations: Berkeley

☆ He tried to oust OpenAI’s CEO. Now, he’s starting a ‘safe’ rival
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —The OpenAI co-founder who left the high-flying artificial intelligence startup last month has announced his next venture: a company dedicated to building safe, powerful artificial intelligence that could become a rival to his old employer. Ilya Sutskever announced plans for the new company, aptly named Safe Superintelligence Inc., in a post on X Wednesday. Sutskever then worked on Google’s AI research team, before helping to found what would become the maker of ChatGPT. It’s also not clear exactly what the new company thinks of as “safety” in the context of highly powerful artificial intelligence technology. “By safe, we mean safe like nuclear safety as opposed to safe as in ‘trust and safety,’” Sutskever told Bloomberg in an interview published Tuesday.

Persons: Ilya Sutskever, Sutskever, Geoffrey Hinton, Sam Altman, Altman, Kara Swisher, ”, It’s, ” Sutskever, OpenAI, Jan Leike, Daniel Levy, Daniel Gross Organizations: New, New York CNN, Superintelligence Inc, SSI, Google, CNN, Bloomberg, Apple Locations: New York, OpenAI, “, Palo Alto , California, Tel Aviv, Israel

☆ Elon Musk really wants advertisers' money. But he also wants to keep tweeting. He can't have both.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Peter Kafka | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

His anti-revenue campaign reached its peak/nadir last fall, when he literally told advertisers to "go fuck yourself." And that's where Musk explained that when he told advertisers to go fuck themselves last year, he didn't mean all advertisers. "It was with respect to freedom of speech," he told Read. AdvertisementMeanwhile, the exodus of big brand advertisers has pushed Twitter ad rates way, way down. And I do shoot myself in the foot from time to time," he told Read.

Persons: —, Elon Musk, Mark Read, Musk, Read, Oliver Darcy, Joe Biden's, Donald Trump, Barack Obama, Joe, Puck, there's, It's Organizations: Service, Elon, Business, Cannes, WPP, Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, CNN, Associated Press, Washington Post, Democratic Party, Republicans, Google, Media Locations: France, Mexico, Washington

☆ 6 types of depression identified in Stanford study
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Kristen Rogers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Some 30% to 40% of people with depression do not experience symptom improvement after trying one treatment, according to the study. And about 30% of people diagnosed with depression go on to experience treatment-resistant depression when the disorder doesn’t improve after multiple treatment attempts. Mapping depression in the brainThe authors used data from 801 adult participants who were previously diagnosed with depression or anxiety, and 137 healthy control group participants. The grant supports a five-year project involving 4,500 participants, which is centered on the development of a better diagnosis and treatment tool for depression biotypes. This method isn’t intended to replace or be the primary choice for assessments of individual cases of depression, Williams said.

Persons: biotypes, ”, Leanne Williams, Vincent V.C, Woo, Williams, Anhedonia, Jun Ma, Ma, Beth, George Vitoux, “, Richard Keefe, wasn’t, Keefe, Jonathan Alpert, Dorothy, Marty Silverman, Alpert, ” Keefe, you’re Organizations: Lifeline, CNN, Nature Medicine, Psychiatry, Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford Center, Precision Mental Health, Wellness, Medicine, University of Illinois, Duke University Medical Center, Montefiore Medical, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Psychiatric Association’s Council, Research, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes, Health’s, Mental Health Initiative Locations: California, United States, University of Illinois Chicago, North Carolina, New York City, Stanford

☆ The Weatherman Who Tried to Bring Climate Science to a Red State
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Cara Buckley | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In 2021, Chris Gloninger, a television weatherman in Boston with a passion for climate science, was approached with an intriguing prospect. Would he consider a job as chief meteorologist at a television station in Des Moines? The station, KCCI, wanted to amp up climate coverage, Mr. Gloninger said he was told, not least because agriculture was so important in the state. In announcing Mr. Gloninger’s hiring to the newsroom, Ms. Smith highlighted his extensive climate coverage. “My big takeaway was that there’s going to be a lot of climate involved,” said Mr. Serwe, now a meteorologist at KSTP in St. Paul, Minn.

Persons: Chris Gloninger, Allison Smith, Gloninger, Mr, Smith, Matt Serwe, ”, Serwe Locations: Boston, Des Moines, St, Paul

☆ Elon Musk is trying to woo advertisers after telling them to ‘go f–k yourself’
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —Elon Musk told advertisers last year to “go f**k yourself.” This year, he is showcasing a much different attitude. The erratic billionaire, realizing that he very much needs major advertisers to power X, was in the South of France on Wednesday, attending Cannes Lions, the world’s largest advertising festival. Put together, it’s is no mystery why major brands have taken their advertising dollars elsewhere. Musk even said at the time that the damage to X’s bottom line was so great, it could eventually kill the company. Musk likely does not want to see the platform go the way of the woolly mammoth, which is why he is now trying to woo advertisers back.

Persons: New York CNN — Elon Musk, Mark Read, Musk, —, ” Read, Andrew Ross Sorkin, hadn’t, “, ” Musk, X, it’s, ”, Joe Biden’s, Donald Trump Organizations: New York CNN, France, Cannes Lions, WPP, SpaceX, Associated Press, Washington Post, Democratic Party, Republicans Locations: New York, South, Israel, Mexico, Washington

☆ Astronomers watch a supermassive black hole awaken in real time
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Astronomers are witnessing a never-before-seen spectacle in the cosmos: the awakening of a supermassive black hole at the center of a distant galaxy. In late 2019, a team of astronomers took notice of an otherwise unremarkable galaxy named SDSS1335+0728, 300 million light-years away in the Virgo constellation. “If so, this would be the first time that we see the activation of a massive black hole in real time.”Sleeping celestial giantsSupermassive black holes are classified as having masses more than 100,000 times that of our sun. “In the case of SDSS1335+0728, we were able to observe the awakening of the massive black hole, (which) suddenly started to feast on gas available in its surroundings, becoming very bright.”Previous research has pointed to inactive galaxies that appeared to become active after several years, which is usually triggered by black hole activity, but the process of a black hole awakening has never been directly observed before, until now, Hernández García said. The same scenario may play out with Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, but astronomers aren’t sure how likely it is to occur, Ricci said.

Persons: ”, Paula Sánchez Sáez, Neil Gehrels Swift, Chandra, Sánchez Sáez, Lorena Hernández García, Claudio Ricci, “, Hernández García, Ricci Organizations: CNN —, Palomar, Astrophysics, European Southern Observatory, Survey, Micron, Sky Survey, Sloan, European Southern, Southern Astrophysical Research, Keck, Millennium Institute of Astrophysics, University of Valparaíso, Diego Portales University Locations: California, Germany, European, Chile, Hawaii, —

In 2023, Texas led the nation in solar installations on its power grid, surpassing California for its second consecutive year. Explosive power demand poses a challenge to the Biden administration's goal of converting the U.S. power grid to 100% clean electricity by 2035. Nextracker is a leading U.S. solar firm, building systems that allow panels to track to the position of the sun, improving the efficiency of solar power plants. Shugar pointed to the massive number of renewable projects in the U.S. seeking connection to the power grid. But as energy demand increases, the value of each additional hour should rise, eventually making longer duration batteries more cost effective, he said.

Persons: Brandon Bell, Andrés Gluski, Joseph Rand, We've, Kelley, Wells, Goldman Sachs, Biden, Ryan Sweezey, Wood Mackenzie, Richard Kinder, Kinder Morgan, Kinder, Amin Nasser, Nasser, Shugar, Lawrence, Lazard, Nextracker's Shugar, Lawrence Berkeley, Amol Phadke, Rand, Sweezey, Reid Ramdathsingh, Ramdathsingh, Fluence, John Zahurancik, Zahurancik, it's, Zahuranick Organizations: Getty, Renewables, Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy, Big Tech, Microsoft, AES Corporation, Google, AES, Meta, UBS, Solar, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, U.S, Tech, North America, DOE, CNBC, University of California Berkeley's Goldman School of Public, Goldman School, Lawrence, Rystad Energy, Siemens Locations: Ector County , Texas, Texas, California, United States, U.S, Wells Fargo, Saudi, Houston, Lawrence Berkeley, Fluence's Americas

☆ New science finds last summer was hottest since birth of Christ in the Northern Hemisphere
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Sandie Ramirez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Opinion | Political Scientists Want to Know Why We Hate Each Other This Much
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Thomas B. Edsall | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Who among us are the most willing to jettison democratic elections? Which voters not only detest their political adversaries, but long for their destruction? These questions are now at the heart of political science. Who, then, falls into this subset of partisan sectarians? The authors cite a set of nine polling questions that ask voters to assess their feelings toward members of the opposition on a scale of 1 to 6, with six the most hostile.

Persons: ” Eli Finkel, Jamie Druckman, Alexander Landry of Stanford, Jay Van Bavel, Rick H, Hoyle, Duke, ” Locations: Northwestern

☆ Parents should let go of guilt over screens, an expert says
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Matt Villano | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

But what about the guilt parents feel from letting their kids use screens? Their research focused parental guilt over letting their kids use screens more than developmental psychologists say they should. Not surprisingly, parents who feel guilty about their kids’ screen use are more stressed and less likely to report positive relationships with their kids, according to the data. CNN recently talked with Walter about his research, how parents can change their thinking about kids’ screen use, and the impact of screen time guilt on the family system. CNN: What is the trickle-down impact of parents feeling guilt over screen time?

Persons: Nathan Walter, Walter, It’s, Covid, There’s, you’re, Jonathan Haidt, I’m, ‘, there’s, Let’s, Matt Villano, Read Organizations: CNN, US, New York University, Northwestern University, Media, don’t Locations: Haidt, Northern California, whalehead.com

☆ In 'Operation Endgame,' global law enforcement teamed up in their biggest battle against hackers. It's a start.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. 'Largest ever operation against botnets'Europol called the sting the "largest ever operation against botnets, which play a major role in the deployment of ransomware." As part of the operation, the law enforcement agencies shut down at least four malware groups or "droppers" known as "IcedID," "Smokeloader," "Pikabot," and "Bumblebee." Mitrano said "Operation Endgame," is a "very important first step, but we have to keep going." AdvertisementThe "biggest problem" in the malware world, according to Holt, is that there is always a different iteration of malware on the horizon.

Persons: —, Adam Wandt, John Jay, botnets, Europol, Christopher Wray, alarmingly, Wandt, Ransomware, Tracy Beth Mitrano, it's, Mitrano, Thomas Holt, cybercrime, Holt, Cybercriminals, Wray, borderless cybercrime Organizations: Service, Business, European Union, FBI, cybercrime, New, John, John Jay College of Criminal, botnets, Cornell University, of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University Locations: Ukraine, Armenia, Europe, cryptocurrency, United States, Holt, ransomware

☆ Oldest wine ever discovered in liquid form found in untouched Roman tomb
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A 2,000-year-old Roman funerary urn unearthed in southern Spain has been shown to contain the oldest wine ever found still in liquid form. Daniel Cosano/Juan Manuel Román/Dolores Esquivel/Fernando Lafont/José Rafael Ruiz Arrebola“When the archaeologists opened the urn we almost froze,” he said. This was a big surprise, because wine normally evaporates quickly and is chemically unstable, Ruiz Arrebola said. The discovery of a gold ring and other valuable artifacts suggest it was built by a family of considerable wealth, Ruiz Arrebola said. Ruiz Arrebola now plans to try to work out which modern-day local wine it was most similar to, although there are hundreds to work through.

Persons: José Rafael Ruiz Arrebola, Daniel Cosano, Juan Manuel Román, Dolores Esquivel, Fernando Lafont, José Rafael Ruiz Arrebola “, ”, Ruiz Arrebola, José Rafael Ruiz, Speyer Organizations: CNN, University of Cordoba, Archaeological Science Locations: Spain, Carmona, Speyer, Germany

☆ Use this simple framework to maintain meaningful connections and stay socially fit, says Harvard-trained social scientist
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Renée Onque | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

There are plenty of guidelines for physical fitness — from getting in 10,000 steps to drinking eight glasses of water every single day — but we aren't often given recommendations for keeping your social life in good health. Kasley Killam, a Harvard-trained social scientist and leading expert in social health, came up with a social workout plan that people can use to maintain their social fitness. Killam detailed the method in her recently published book, "The Art and Science of Connection." "The 5-3-1 guideline is meant to be like a reference point for people," Killam tells CNBC Make It. Just like the recommendation of sleeping for eight hours a night, the 5-3-1 guideline is a research-based suggestion.

Persons: Kasley Organizations: Harvard, CNBC

☆ ‘Inadvertent geoengineering’: Researchers say low-sulfur shipping rules made climate change worse
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Sam Meredith | In Samuelmeredith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

That's because the sulfur dioxide, a pollutant which forms when sulfur-containing fuel such as coal or petroleum oil is burned, reacts with water vapor to produce aerosols that reflect sunlight back into space. The aerosols have a direct cooling effect, though climate scientists note that their contribution to global cooling or warming when they are reduced remains a complex area of research. Extreme temperatures are fueled by the climate crisis, the chief driver of which is the burning of fossil fuels. All of the climate models will give you slightly different answers because of the way that they do their emissions of sulfur dioxide," Haywood said. "So, we are uncertain about how much impact the IMO regulations will have had on global mean temperatures."

Persons: Yuan, Laura Wilcox, everyone's, Jim Haywood, Haywood, You've, Jim Hansen Organizations: United Nations, International Maritime Organization, Ucg, Getty, Communications, University of Maryland, National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Reading, El Nino, University of Exeter, CNBC, El, NASA Locations: London, Europe, Tonga

☆ Boeing Starliner: Two astronauts wait to come home amid spacecraft issues
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Spaceflight veterans Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore arrived at the space station aboard the Starliner on June 6. It’s not uncommon for astronauts to unexpectedly extend their stay aboard the space station — for days, weeks or even months. But the situation makes for a moment of uncertainty and embarrassment that joins a long list of similar blunders by the Boeing Starliner program, which is already years behind schedule. The Starliner spacecraft on NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test is pictured docked to the Harmony module's forward port on June 13 as the International Space Station orbited 262 miles above Egypt's Mediterranean coast. The first Starliner test mission, flown without crew in late 2019, was riddled with missteps.

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☆ Las Vegas monolith: A ‘mysterious’ pillar appears on hiking trail in Nevada
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Christy Choi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Another “mysterious” monolith has been spotted. This time, on a Las Vegas hiking trail in Nevada, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD). “How did it get up there?”The monolith was found over the weekend near Gass Peak north of Las Vegas, it added. The pillar is reminiscent to ones popping up all over the world shortly after a 10-feet silver monolith was discovered in late 2020 by a helicopter crew flying over an Utah desert. As for the one found on the Las Vegas hiking trail, social media users claimed the monolith isn’t actually new.

Persons: Craig Muir, ”, that’s, Gallerist David Zwirner, John McCracken, John, Tom Dunford, ‘, “ I’m Organizations: CNN, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Facebook, BBC Locations: Las Vegas, Nevada, Gass, Utah, California, Romania, Isle of Wight, England’s, Powys County, Wales, Vegas, ” In Nevada

☆ There are 4 social styles, from 'firefly' to 'evergreen.' Here's what yours says about your relationships.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Julia Pugachevsky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewWhen it comes to relationships, there are more communication styles and personality differences than just "introvert" or "extrovert." From both her research and experiences talking to communities all over the world, she came up with four social styles that people generally fall under: butterfly, wallflower, firefly, and evergreen. AdvertisementFirefly, deep conversations with recharge timeFireflies burn bright before disappearing into the night, describing someone who loves deeper interactions but also craves solitude. "I love deep conversations with friends and family," she said, whether one-on-one or in small groups. For instance, she said more introverted styles like wallflowers and fireflies benefit from pushing themselves to socialize more.

Persons: —, extroversion, Killam, it's, They're, wallflowers, Taylor Organizations: Service, Business

☆ Researchers Say Social Media Warning Is Too Broad
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Ellen Barry | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When the U.S. surgeon general, Dr. Vivek Murthy, announced on Monday that he was planning to push for a mental health warning label on social media platforms, he was met with cheers from many parents and teachers, who described a long, lonely struggle to wrench children away from a habit that was hurting them. He got a cooler reaction, however, from some scientists who study the relationship between social media and mental health. In interviews, several researchers said the blanket warning Dr. Murthy has proposed — “social media is associated with significant mental health harms for adolescents” — stretches and oversimplifies the scientific evidence. For many years, researchers have tried to determine whether the amount of time a child spent on social media contributed to poor mental health, and “the results have been really mixed, with probably the consensus being that no, it’s not related,” said Dr. Mitch Prinstein, the chief science officer at the American Psychological Association. What seems to matter more, he said, is what they are doing when they are online — content about self-harm, for example, has been shown to increase self-harming behavior.

Persons: Vivek Murthy, Murthy, ”, Mitch Prinstein Organizations: American Psychological Association Locations: U.S

☆ Earth Photo 2024: Striking images show how our planet is changing
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Nell Lewis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with the solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative has partnered with CNN to drive awareness and education around key sustainability issues and to inspire positive action. CNN —A photograph of a solitary man walking along terraces in China, rust-red rivers in Alaska and a gargantuan western red cedar are among the winning images of the Earth Photo 2024 competition. More than 1,900 images and videos were submitted to this year’s competition by photographers and filmmakers from all over the world. “Bringing us closer to landscapes, wildlife and communities from across the planet in this way sparks new conversations and reflections.

Persons: –, Parker Harris –, Jean, Marc Caimi, Valentina Piccinni, ”, Francesco Verri, ” Louise Fedotov, Clements, “, Jennifer Adler’s, Marc Lathuillière, Mike Seddon, Fedotov Organizations: CNN, Initiative, Forestry England, Royal Geographic Society, Geographical Society, Photoworks, Forestry Locations: China, Alaska, Jean, Colombia, Forestry England

☆ Psychology student did a daily act of kindness for 108 days: ‘My life was better in just about every way’
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Kasley Killam | In Kasleykillam | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

The question was a precursor to my graduate work, and the next decade of my career, promoting community, belonging, and social health in society. In the experiment, acts of kindness would be my daily beads and mantra, reminding me to set out each morning with the intention of connecting. After 108 days of prioritizing connection, my life was better in just about every way you can imagine. Kasley Killam, MPH, is a leading expert in social health and author of "The Art and Science of Connection: Why Social Health is the Missing Key to Living Longer, Healthier, and Happier." She's a graduate of the Harvard School of Public Health, sought-after advisor and keynote speaker, and founder of Social Health Labs.

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