The Atlantic published a comprehensive diagnosis of American higher education this week: 27% of private colleges now get a D for financial stability, the unemployment rate for recent college graduates has surpassed the national average, and the promise that a four-year degree leads to a stable career is cracking in real time. Also: a UC Davis study published in Scientific Reports found that just three minutes of interacting with rescued miniature horses and donkeys — named Olivia, Randy, Mary, and Memphis — made teens feel less anxious, less lonely, and calmer. And a JAMA Network Open study of more than 4,000 people found that adults with at least one parent who lived to 100 had a 42% lower risk of death and 33% lower risk of cardiovascular disease — and hypertension arrived five years later. Plus Olympic rowing in a croc-filled river, a stolen ambulance outside Avenged Sevenfold, five generations sharing a birthday, and 116 reptiles in a jacket.
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