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Willie Geist's daughter loving college eased family’s fears

Willie Geist and his wife's anxiety about their daughter Lucie at Vanderbilt University has turned into calm because Lucie is loving college life.

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Stablecoins will shake up the $900 billion remittance market—setting up a fight between crypto firms and legacy brands like Western Union

There is huge room for disruption in a money transfer industry where fees are often as high as 6%.

Fortune

Trump wants to cap credit card interest to 10% for a year. Should Australia consider it?

US President Donald Trump has called for a one year cap on credit card interest rate charges at 10% – around half of the average current US rate – starting from January 20.

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Science history: Experiment shows mutations arise spontaneously, supporting pillar of Darwinian evolution — Nov. 20, 1943

Two bacteriologists showed that mutations arise spontaneously in bacterial cultures, thereby disproving Jean-Baptiste Lamarck's theory of evolution.

LiveScience

Giant North American 'hell pigs' could crunch bones like lions 30 million years ago, tooth analysis reveals

Archaeotherium, or North American "hell pigs," had different feeding strategies depending on their size, according to preliminary research presented at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 2025 annual meeting.

LiveScience

Giant ground sloths’ fossilized teeth reveal their unique roles in the prehistoric ecosystem

Imagine a sloth. You probably picture a medium-size, tree-dwelling creature hanging from a branch. Today’s sloths – commonly featured on children’s backpacks, stationery and lunch boxes – are slow-moving creatures, living inconspicuously in Central American and South American rainforests.

The Conversation

Forget 10,000 steps - this 15-minute walk may be all you need to boost heart health, a new study reveals

The study revealed how fast the 15-minute walk should be to reap the health benefits and why it could be a game-changer for millions of people

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Tennessee demands abortion data from hospitals in ban exceptions case

Medical groups subpoenaed for US abortion records in lawsuit over narrow exceptions to state’s near-total ban

The Guardian - US

Natalie Alkiviadou Guest-Blogging About "Hate Speech and the European Court of Human Rights"

I'm delighted to report that Dr. Natalie Alkiviadou, Senior Research Fellow at the Future of Free Speech at Vanderbilt University will be… The post Natalie Alkiviadou Guest-Blogging About "Hate Speech and the European Court of Human Rights" appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason

Why is MAGA so obsessed with the Epstein files?

As Pam Bondi finds herself in the middle of a MAGA storm over the Epstein files, Rhian Lubin explores why the movement is so focused on the documents

The Independent UK

From Knox Jolie-Pitt to Margaret Qualley: 19 celebrity kids who look just like their parents

Angelina Jolie’s son Knox Jolie-Pitt made his first red carpet appearance in three years on November 17

The Independent UK

Carbon offsets can help bring energy efficiency to low-income Americans − our Nashville data shows it could be a win for everyone

Under pressure from customers and investors, many U.S. companies have pledged to voluntarily reduce their impact on the climate. But that doesn’t always mean they’re cutting their own greenhouse gas emissions.

The Conversation

Vanderbilt Unveils $11m Renovations To College Golf Training Facility

Vanderbilt Golf House training facility at Tennessee's Vanderbilt Legends Club has undergone extensive renovations, and video footage shows the finished work

Golf Monthly

College golf facilities: Vanderbilt opens renovated $11 million Vanderbilt Golf House

The Legends Club got a big upgrade.

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WEKU

A Tennessee lawmaker helped pass a strict abortion law. He's now trying to loosen it

Republican state Sen. Richard Briggs co-sponsored a Tennessee bill that would codify some of the country's most austere abortion restrictions. He says he never thought it would actually become law.

WEKU

MacArthur 'genius' makes magical art that conjures up her Afro-Cuban roots

One of this year's MacArthur fellows — the so-called 'genius grant' — the artist Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons is inspired by her family's African roots, her Cuban childhood and modern American life.

Space

Ice clouds high in Earth's atmosphere could help predict climate change. NASA wants a closer look

An upcoming NASA mission will provide an unprecedented look at ice clouds at high altitudes in Earth's atmosphere.

WEKU

After Tennessee House Republicans expelled 2 Democrats, will other states follow?

It's a rare occurrence, but the expulsion of two Black lawmakers from Tennessee's Republican-led House highlights a new level of "democratic dysfunction," a constitutional law expert tells NPR.

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The Independent UK

‘We need to fight harder, scream louder’: Nashville youth at school shooting vigil share their anger

First lady Jill Biden and singer Sheryl Crow stood before hundreds in Nashville as mourners held candles, prayed and shared their frustration at yet another deadly school shooting on American soil, writes Sheila Flynn

The Conversation

Smell is the crucial sense that holds ant society together, helping the insects recognize, communicate and cooperate with one another

Ants can be found in nearly every location on Earth, with rough estimates suggesting there are over 10 quadrillion individuals – that is a 1 followed by 16 zeroes, or about 1 million ants per person. Ants are among the most biologically successful animals on the planet.

Los Angeles Times

After Michigan shooting, one university used ChatGPT to offer help to students. It backfired

Vanderbilt University apologized after sending an email that used the artificial intelligence of a chatbot to address students about the recent shooting at Michigan State.

The Independent UK

Vanderbilt University officials suspended for using ChatGPT to send memo to students impacted by mass shooting

“In times of tragedies such as this, we need more, not less humanity,” one student said after shooting message drafted by AI

The Independent UK

Vanderbilt staff used ChatGPT to write email to students about Michigan State University shooting

Gunman killed three and wounded five at MSU before turning gun on self

Inverse

HBO's 'Last of Us' gets one thing wrong about its zombie apocalypse

Can the cordyceps fungus really infect humans and cause a global pandemic? Experts weigh in on 'The Last of Us.'

The Independent UK

T Rex may have had brain capable of using tools and passing knowledge to kin, study claims

Paleontologists call for further studies including more data to validate the findings

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