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Perfect homework, blank stares: Why colleges are turning to oral exams to combat AI

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The assignment involves no laptop, no chatbot and no technology of any kind. In fact, there's no pen or paper, either.
Instead, students in Chris Schaffer’s biomedical engineering class at Cornell University are required to speak directly to an instructor in what he calls an “oral defense.”
It's a testing m ... (full story)

What could come next for other social media firms as a jury finds Meta platforms harm children

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The first jury verdict in a series of social media child safety trials this year is in — and it's not looking good for Meta. A jury in New Mexico found on March 24 that the social media giant's platforms are harmful to children’s mental health and imposed a $375 million penalty.
While the f ... (full story)

Beneath Lake Erie, a vast salt mine works overtime to meet winter road demands

CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) — Below Cleveland, in a subterranean world many surface dwellers don’t know exists, miners extract a crucial winter mineral — salt.
The Whiskey Island salt mine, owned by food giant Cargill, helps supply road salt across the Northeast and Great Lakes, where a colder, snowier-than-usual wint ... (full story)

Abortion pills are gaining ground as a method for ending pregnancies, and opponents are responding

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As states that already ban abortion look to further restrict access this year, much of the focus is on pills sent by out-of-state providers.
A survey released last week helps explain the emphasis. It suggests that more women in states with bans obtained abortions last year using the pills prescribed via telehealth than by travel ... (full story)

Newly discovered photos show astronaut Neil Armstrong after the Gemini 8 emergency

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NEW YORK (AP) — Sixty years after Neil Armstrong barely survived an emergency in orbit around Earth on Gemini 8, never-before-seen photos of his heroic return have been donated to the Ohio museum that bears his name.
Quick thinking saved Armstrong and fellow astronaut David Scott, who ended the mission early with a splashd ... (full story)