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A believable monster, a sympathetic victim and a sense of dread or anxiety are the essential components of a good scary movie. 
																	
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									America Is Creating Stealth Micro Drones That Could Reshape Warfare																	
																	William Banks, professor emeritus in the College of Law and Maxwell School, says that international legal frameworks for drone warfare lag behind rapid technological development.
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									Gavin Newsom Gets Prop 50 Poll Boost																	
																	Grant Reeher, professor in the Maxwell School, reacts to California’s Proposition 50 proposal and shares what it could mean for political polarization in the U.S.
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									New AI ‘Actor’ Causes an Uproar																	
																	Robert Thompson, Trustee Professor in the Newhouse School, discusses the controversy surrounding the creation and promotion of an AI “actor” named Tilly Norwood.
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									Attention TikTok Users: Syracuse University Launches a New Center for Content Creators																	
																	Deans Mark Lodato and Alex McKelvie, TikTok creator Sylvie Feldman ’26 and podcast host Ilana Dunn Solomon ’16 discuss Syracuse's new Center for the Creator Economy.
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									Study Shows the World Is Far More Ablaze Now With Damaging Fires Than in the 1980s																	
																	Jacob Bendix, professor emeritus in the Maxwell School, shares the results of a recent study on devastating fires worldwide.
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									Sea Otters and Museums Are Feeling Taylor Swift’s Midas Touch																	
																	Theo Cateforis, assistant professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, offers thoughts on how Taylor Swift fandom turns passive viewership into active engagement.
 
 
																													 
																													 
																													 
																													 
																													 
																													 
																													 
																													 
																													 
																							
																					 
																					 
																					 
																							
																					