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A new heart | ASU News

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By Daniel Oberhaus, Justin Ryan, Dorothy Sears
| Arizona State University News
Editor's note: This story was featured in the spring 2026 issue of ASU Thrive. Written by Daniel Oberhaus, ’15 BA Each year, around 1.3 million children are born with congenital heart disorders, malformations that can include missing chambers or misplaced vessels. It’s the most common birth defect globally, and about one-third of cases require surgery, often just weeks after birth. The structural defects vary widely.
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UT Researchers Are Unraveling the Origins of the Universe

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By Avrel Seale, Krissi Micklethwait, Daniel Oberhaus
| The Alcalde Verified
An artist rendering of CAPERS-LRD-z9, the earliest confirmed black hole. The day Steven Finkelstein discovered the oldest galaxy ever seen by a human, he was holed up in a windowless room on the Forty Acres with several colleagues, surrounded by Costco snacks and staring at screens. For days, Finkelstein and his colleagues had barricaded themselves in the room for 12 hours at a stretch, poring over the first data released from NASA,s recently launched James Webb Space Telescope.
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Decoding Digital Minds to Understand Our Own AI in mental health care could go very wrong. That’s why researchers are prioritizing it.

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By Daniel Oberhaus
| Brown Alumni Magazine Verified
December 2nd, 2025 Can a machine ever truly understand a human? It has been the subject of philosophical debate for decades. But since the release of ChatGPT in 2022, it has become an urgent, practical question as millions have started to use AI assistants for everything from homework help to emotional support. The stakes are very high. Last April, a 16-year-old in California was found dead by suicide.
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