A Talker Research survey of 2,000 US college students finds that only 45% feel optimistic about the job market, 69% fear AI will cause a \"job apocalypse,\" and 22% have already changed their major because of it — while simultaneously, 91% are using AI to upskill. Also: a Brazilian study of 5,117 adults published in PLOS One finds that \"nonordinary experiences\" — hearing a voice, sensing a presence, feeling sudden overwhelming awe — are far more common than clinical research suggests, and roughly 51% said the experience had a positive long-term effect on their life. And a University of Missouri study of 67 adults published in the Journal of Behavioral Medicine finds that a consistent daily routine was linked to lower physical pain and fewer symptoms of depression — regardless of whether participants had insomnia. Plus a machete vs. hatchet Florida parking lot duel, a flight canceled because a child wouldn't buckle up, a 162-year-old Guinness bottle in a shipwreck, and flesh-eating bacteria.
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