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Giving ADHD Drugs to Kids Has a Long-Term Side Effect That Might Change Their Minds About Taking It

Futurism

As wildly overinvolved parents shell out to give their kids growth hormones to make them taller, some research suggests that putting them on drugs for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may have the opposite effect. And even on top of that, the "height suppression" side effect was also enough to give the researchers pause.

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Rice is a staple crop around the world—but it’s becoming increasingly toxic

Fast Company Tech

Lewis Ziska, a plant physiologist and associate professor at Columbia University, has studied rice for three decades and has more recently focused his research on how climate change reduces nutrient levels across many staple crops, including rice. He teamed up with researchers from China and the U.S.

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7 Keys to an Effective Social Media Ambassador Program

Nonprofit Tech for Good

As a beloved cause to many, you can find willing and effective influencers among your own ranks and volunteers. But, wait – before you go recruiting your most outspoken supporters to shout about you in their Instagram stories, make sure you know these 7 keys to an effective social media ambassador program: .

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Physicists Find That the Universe Could "Collapse Like a House of Cards"

Futurism

With that in mind, have you considered that our entire universe may actually be suspended in a "false vacuum," or in a state of faux-stability, and is merely waiting to collapse into a more stable state? The quantum realm holds terrifying implications, insinuating so much uncertainty into our mundane, ordered view of reality. The takeaway?

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California Admits AI Was Used to Write Bar Exam Plagued by Problems

Futurism

Katie Moran, an associate professor at the University of San Francisco School of Law, called it a "staggering admission." The same company that used AI to draft the questions was then paid "to assess and ultimately approve of the questions on the exam, including the questions the company authored," she noted to the newspaper.

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TikTok has a big ADHD problem

Fast Company Tech

Researchers from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver acknowledged that, at its best, mental health content on social media can provide support to those suffering, especially for those who feel isolated or overwhelmed. None of them were found to be licensed mental health professionals.

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Bill To Pull Tax Exemptions Headed Back To Congress

The NonProfit Times

The bill will be brought to the House floor, probably later this week, and will only need a simple majority, not two-thirds that was required when it went to the House Floor last week under so-called “Suspension of the Rules,” in effect, bypassing the House Rules Committee. Vice President-elect J.D.

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