Previous Publications
March 2023
What constitutes teacher expertise? New research points to the answer
Real or fake text? We can learn to spot the difference
Nightly sleep is key to student success
New research suggests peer-advisor relationship is key to success
Music education benefits youth wellbeing
How your mood affects the way you process language
How moms are taking the lead in shaping children's education
Daily, consistent parental reading in the first year of life improves infants' language scores
Children use the same brain network as adults for tough problems
Can children map read at the age of four?
Can a computer teach babies to count?
A sense of purpose may have significant impact on teens' emotional well-being
SEPTEMBER 2022
A new learning method could help people with autism improve visual perception capabilities
How mother-youth emotional climate helps adolescents cope with stress
How does nature nurture the brain?
How sleep builds relational memory
Just being exposed to new things makes people 'ready to learn
New insights on infant word learning
New model for predicting belief change
New research helps explain how Ritalin sharpens attention
Online teaching triggers a different response in the body
Using smartphones could help improve memory skills
When more is more: Identifying cognitive impairments with multiple drawing tasks
Why thinking hard makes you tired?
Can 'random noise' unlock our learning potential?
'Rhythm' or 'drift' -- new tools can help better understand human attention
Augmented reality could be the future of paper books
JUNE 2022
Digital Solutions in Educators’ Training
Robots help some sick children ‘attend’ school. Kids are working with scientists to make them better
COVID-19 patients face higher risk of brain fog and depression, even 1 year after infection
Here’s what we know about COVID-19’s impact on the brain
‘A pretty big deal’: U.S. makes COVID-19 technologies available for use in developing countries
An mRNA vaccine with a twist—it copies itself—protects against COVID-19
Pandemic propels global effort to study rare vaccine side effects
New generation of cancer-preventing vaccines could wipe out tumors before they form
World’s nations start to hammer out first global treaty on plastic pollution
To fight climate change, a biotech firm has genetically engineered a very peppy poplar
Climate change is killing off soil organisms critical for some of Earth’s ecosystems
Do nature reserves work? It depends on the management
Ukraine’s mounting death toll includes a growing number of researchers
Computers ace IQ tests but still make dumb mistakes. Can different tests help?
Mushrooms communicate with each other using up to 50 ‘words’, scientist claims
Lowly mushrooms may be key to ecosystem survival in a warming world
Scientists turn tomatoes into a rich source for vitamin D
FEBRUARY 2022
Nonsense words make people around the world think of the same shapes
Chemical emitted by babies could make men more docile, women more aggressive
Edison was right: Waking up right after drifting off to sleep can boost creativity
Ancient Greeks didn’t kill ‘weak’ babies, new study argues
The Arctic is warming four times faster than the rest of the world
New lava-like coating can stop fires in their tracks
Simple test could predict dangerous blood pressure in pregnant women
Next-generation spinal implants help people with severe paralysis walk, cycle, and swim
Gut microbe linked to depression in large health study
U.S. science no longer leads the world. Here’s how top advisers say the nation should respond
mRNA gives hope for heart disease cure
NOVEMBER 2021
When is ‘self-plagiarism' OK? New guidelines offer researchers rules for recycling text
Journal impact factor gets a sibling that adjusts for scientific field
Why do placebos work? Scientists identify key brain pathway
Landmark research integrity survey finds questionable practices are surprisingly common
Can immune responses alone reveal which COVID-19 vaccines work best?
COVID-19 affects men and women differently. So why don't clinical trials report gender data?
The overlooked superpower of mRNA vaccines
New ‘mirror' fabric can cool wearers by nearly 5°C
Brain signals converted into words ‘speak' for person with paralysis
Your sweaty fingertips could help power the next generation of wearable electronics
Sunlight affects whether languages have a word for ‘blue’
Popular songs spread like epidemics
Identical twins carry genetic modifications no one else has
Little kids burn so much energy, they’re like a different species, study finds
Zhengzhou subway flooding a warning for other major cities
JUNE 2021
‘Hybrid’ scientific conferences aim to offer the best of in-person and virtual meetings
Unreliable social science research gets more attention than solid studies
Fifteen journals to outsource peer-review decisions
Middle Eastern countries ramp up their scientific publications
Are advertisers coming for your dreams?
Newly detailed nerve links between brain and other organs shape thoughts, memories, and feelings
Vaccines that can protect against many coronaviruses could prevent another pandemic
Mixing COVID-19 vaccines appears to boost immune responses
New Google effort uses cellphones to detect earthquakes
‘It’s like the embers in a barbecue pit.’ Nuclear reactions are smoldering again at Chernobyl
No shared language? No problem! People across cultures understand clues from ‘vocal charades’
Paralyzed person types at record speed—by imagining handwriting
A psychedelic drug may help treat PTSD. But questions remain on how best to use—and regulate—it
Alzheimer’s drug approved despite doubts about effectiveness
Dolphins learn the ‘names’ of their friends to form teams—a first in animal kingdom
Millions of electric cars are coming. What happens to all the dead batteries?
APRIL 2021
Bidirectional associations between COVID-19 and psychiatric disorder
When should you end a conversation?
The $450 question: Should journals pay peer reviewers?
Academia is often a family business. That’s a barrier for increasing diversity
Scientists use ‘x-ray vision’ to read a letter sealed in 1697
Butterflies are vanishing in the western U.S.—but not for the reasons scientists thought
What is research misconduct? European countries can’t agree
‘On the verge of a breakdown.’ Report highlights women academics’ pandemic challenges
Europe moves to exclude neighbors from its quantum and space research
Researchers race to develop antiviral weapons to fight the pandemic coronavirus
Hey buddy! Your cellphone addiction is causing a pedestrian traffic jam
Major coronavirus variant found in pets for first time
Food supplements that alter gut bacteria could ‘cure’ malnutrition
Glass molded like plastic could usher in new era of complex glass shapes
Top German psychologist fabricated data, investigation finds
FEBRUARY 2021
Who needs a teacher? Artificial intelligence designs lesson plans for itself
You’ve tweeted about your hot new paper! Don’t expect many clicks
Should you mix and match COVID-19 vaccines?
World’s largest COVID-19 drug trial identifies second compound that cuts risk of death
In Biblical times, purple was the new black
Pandemic hit academic mothers especially hard, new data confirm
Watch—and hear—the impact human noises have on marine life
Largest ever research integrity survey flounders as universities refuse to cooperate
Major nutrition study aims to learn which diet best suits your genes and gut
Scientists ‘program’ living bacteria to store data
A new mandate highlights costs, benefits of making all scientific articles free to read
Innovative universal flu vaccine shows promise in first clinical test
NOVEMBER 2020
This new algorithm can find the hidden patterns in your dreams
Gene therapy for autism-linked condition weakened legs, robbing two people of ability to walk
How democracies are now ‘backsliding’ in countries from Russia to the United States
It’s not just cars that make pollution. It’s the roads they drive on, too
New PLOS pricing test could signal end of scientists paying to publish free papers
Humans are born with brains 'prewired' to see words
Quality over quantity in recovering language after stroke
Why are there differing preferences for suffixes and prefixes across languages?
Children use both brain hemispheres to understand language, unlike adults
Children use make-believe aggression and violence to manage bad-tempered peers
Helping youth diagnosed with early stages of psychosis
Busy pictures hinder reading ability in children
Heavy electronic media use in late childhood linked to lower academic performance
Why COVID-19 is more deadly in people with obesity—even if they’re young
New drool-based tests are replacing the dreaded coronavirus nasal swab
AUGUST 2020
Aiming ultrasound at the brain raises hope of new treatments
Blood test could identify early stage Alzheimer’s disease
‘Disturbing and cruel.’ Universities blast new visa rule for international students
United States drops visa restriction on foreign students attending remote classes
‘Ethically troubling.’ University reopening plans put professors, students on edge
Seawater could provide nearly unlimited amounts of critical battery material
From rocks to icebergs, the natural world tends to break into cubes
Two new medicines may curb serious respiratory disease in infants
Radical shift in COVID-19 testing needed to reopen schools and businesses, researchers say
Designer antibodies could battle COVID-19 before vaccines arrive
Why pregnant women face special risks from COVID-19
Why flu vaccines don’t protect people for long
AI invents new ‘recipes’ for potential COVID-19 drugs
How will COVID-19 affect the coming flu season?
JUNE 2020
Scientists have turned the structure of the coronavirus into music
Artificial intelligence systems aim to sniff out signs of COVID-19 outbreaks
How Sweden wasted a ‘rare opportunity’ to study coronavirus in schools
T cells found in COVID-19 patients ‘bode well’ for long-term immunity
Scientists use lidar to map a forgotten Nazi concentration camp off the coast of France
Meet the psychologist exploring unconscious bias—and its tragic consequences for society
Do preprints improve with peer review?
Herpes virus can trigger Alzheimer’s, brain tissue study suggests
New solar panels suck water from air to cool themselves down
Lab-evolved algae could protect coral reefs
Tropical forests soak up huge amounts of greenhouse gas. Climate change could end that
These bacteria have adapted to life in your nose—and that may be good news
Earth’s species disappearing at an alarming rate
Eye, robot: Artificial intelligence dramatically improves accuracy of classic eye exam
Like humans, these big-brained birds may owe their smarts to long childhoods
MAY 2020
As COVID-19 forces conferences online, scientists discover upsides of virtual format
Why don’t some coronavirus patients sense their alarmingly low oxygen levels?
Antimalarials widely used against COVID-19 heighten risk of cardiac arrest
Crushing coronavirus means ‘breaking the habits of a lifetime
Social scientists scramble to study pandemic, in real time
Autistic voices should be heard
Could mass screening benefit kids at high risk of diabetes?
Experimental schizophrenia drug could reduce long-neglected symptoms
Rethinking anorexia: Biology may be more important than culture, new studies reveal
Artificial intelligence is evolving all by itself
Artificial intelligence takes on song-composing duties in Eurovision-inspired contest
Researchers find new, promising antibiotic with help from AI
Chance discovery brings quantum computing using standard microchips a step closer
New drugs aim to disarm the immune system’s ‘atomic bomb’ cells
MARCH 2020
How AI and Data Could Personalize Higher Education
The Revolutionary Impact Of Immersive Technology On Education
How AI is transforming education and skills development
Human body temperature has declined steadily over the past 160 years
What does traditional music around the world have in common
The dead speak! Scientists re-create voice of 3000-year-old mummy
California has begun screening for early childhood trauma, but critics urge caution
Are Audiobooks As Good For You As Reading? Here’s What Experts Say
How Gamification is Reshaping Social Collaboration
Dead Sea dates grown from 2000-year-old seeds
What happens to our online lives after we die?
What we don’t know about wildfire smoke is likely hurting us
From ‘living’ cement to medicine-delivering biofilms, biologists remake the material world
Researchers find new, promising antibiotic with help from AI
JANUARY 2020
Geologists uncover history of lost continent buried beneath Europe
Human speech may have a universal transmission rate: 39 bits per second
Open-access megajournals lose momentum as the publishing model matures
Articles in ‘predatory' journals receive few or no citations
New deals could help scientific societies survive open access
Artificial intelligence could predict El Niño up to 18 months in advance
AI can scramble your face to shield you from recognition programs
AI allows paralyzed person to ‘handwrite’ with his mind
From Edible Shot Glasses to Biodegradable Plastics
Hormone secreted by bones may help us escape danger
Scientists hope to fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria by targeting their ‘alarm proteins’
What is love? It depends which language you speak
Move by journals to ‘seamless’ off-campus access raises privacy concerns
SEPTEMBER 2019
Cheer up! Optimists live longer
Type A blood converted to universal donor blood with help from bacterial enzymes
This psychologist explains why people confess to crimes they didn’t commit
New solar technology could produce clean drinking water for millions in need
Trees share water to keep this dying stump alive
The rise of a deadly superfungus may be tied to global warming
Geography of loss—a global look at the uneven toll of suicide
‘Dark pools’ of hate flourish online
An hour or two of outdoor learning every week increases teachers' job satisfaction
How expectation influences perception
How the Internet may be changing the brain
Forecasters fear 5G wireless technology will muck up weather predictions
Just one season of playing football—even without a concussion—can cause brain damage
Artificial intelligence predicts which movies will succeed—and fail—simply from plot summaries
MARCH 2019
What Dictionary.com's words of the year say about us
The northern and southern lights are different. Here’s why
Diet pills make mosquitoes skip meals, potentially reducing the spread of disease
A report about Plan S’s potential effects on journals marks a busy week for the open-access movement
New pill shows early promise for blocking many strains of flu
Rain is melting Greenland’s ice, even in winter, raising fears about sea level rise
Does a ‘dark triad’ of personality traits make you more successful?
First genetic map of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Movement impairments in autism could be reversible
Meta-analysis highlights important challenges in cognitive processing for adults with ASD
More than just memories: A new role for the hippocampus during learning
Babies who hear two languages at home develop advantages in attention
Multitasking increases in online courses compared to face-toface
Sociologists study the impact religion has on child development
JANUARY 2019
Traffic may be making your allergies worse
Scientists uncover massive, diverse ecosystem deep beneath Earth’s surface
Immune system ‘negotiations’ stop mom’s body from attacking her fetus
How many live mosquitoes can fit into a syringe? 240
Brain stimulation could let some blind people ‘see’ shapes made of light
CRISPR bombshell: Chinese researcher claims to have created gene-edited twins
Climate change poses major threat to United States, new government report concludes
In biblical city of Armageddon, signs of early vanilla and elaborate medical care
Artificial intelligence helps predict volcanic eruptions
Will the world embrace Plan S, the radical proposal to mandate open access to science papers?
Once considered outlandish, the idea that plants help their relatives is taking root
Artificial intelligence turns brain activity into speech
‘Megalibraries’ of nanomaterials could speed clean energy and other grand challenge targets
‘Nanoscavengers’ could protect people from sarin gas, other nerve agents
Listen to this piano-playing robot hit all the right notes
Discovery of recent Antarctic ice sheet collapse raises fears of a new global flood
Dolphins discovered ‘timesharing’ the sea for the first time
NOVEMBER 2018
Five Dead Sea Scroll fragments at the Museum of the Bible are fakes
What a massive database of retracted papers reveals about science publishing’s ‘death penalty’
Virtual reality could show others what autism feels like—and lead to potential treatments
The average person can recognize 5000 faces
How 30 days with an in-home robot could help children with autism
‘Generous’ approach to replication confirms many high-profile social science findings
Mysterious new brain cell found in people
Insufficient sleep associated with risky behavior in teens
How the appendix could hold the keys to Parkinson’s disease, and materials scientists mimic nature
Three paralyzed people walk after nerve stimulation
An elusive molecule that sparks multiple sclerosis may have been found
SCIENTISTS CONNECT THREE PEOPLE'S MINDS SO THEY CAN COMMUNICATE USING BRAINWAVES ALONE
JULY 2018
Artificial intelligence can predict how you’ll look decades from now
Seafloor cables that carry the world’s internet traffic can also detect earthquakes
Can science-based video games help kids with autism?
Hundreds of new genes may underlie intelligence—but also autism and depression
Synapse-specific plasticity governs the identity of overlapping memory traces
Miles Davis is not Mozart: The brains of jazz and classical pianists work differently
Firm that tallies controversial journal impact scores moves to provide more context
New ‘light-eating’ protein discovered in the Sea of Galilee
This chip can quickly identify the microbes living in your body
Why some people get dizzy when hearing certain sounds
Are these dots purple or blue? Your answer might not be as reliable as you think
How stimulant treatments for ADHD work
Link found between resilience to dyslexia and gray matter in the frontal brain
Scientists ID more than 1,200 genes linked to educational attainment
JUNE 2018
A first look at the earliest decisions that shape a human embryo
Brain's window for language learning open until adulthood
How minority viewpoints become majority ones
How success breeds success in the sciences
Making grad school work for STEM students
Smarter brains run on sparsely connected neurons
New parts of the brain become active after students learn physics
What’s really behind ‘gluten sensitivity
Tourism is four times worse for the planet than previously believed
Posttraumatic stress affects academics
The secret to honing kids' language and literacy
Social media posts may signal whether a protest will become violent
Gauging language proficiency through eye movement
Why some people resist authority
Brains of young people with severe behavioral problems are 'wired differently'
Here's How Much Caffeine You Need, and When, for Peak Alertness
APRIL 2018
Attention deficit disorders could stem from impaired brain coordination
False News Spreads Faster and Wider
Google Researchers Are Learning How Machines Learn
New blood test useful to detect people at risk of developing Alzheimer's disease
Older adults grow just as many new brain cells as young people
The hidden side to your personality
When kids' autistic brains can't calm down
Israel develops pocket-size device to test for heart attacks
Could artificial intelligence get depressed and have hallucinations?
Want to sound like someone people can trust? This new software could help
Dying for the group: What motivates the ultimate sacrifice?
South Korean university’s AI work for defense contractor draws boycott
Which education systems are best? Look past the superficial numbers
A tiny sensor on your tooth could help keep you healthy
Meet Your Interstitium, A Newfound 'Organ'
FEBRUARY 2018
Tell your boss: When U.S. workers stay home, they save 2 billion billion joules per year
Online tool calculates reproducibility scores of PubMed papers
Watch this wearable electronic skin control virtual objects
You could soon be manufacturing your own drugs—thanks to 3D printing
'Liquid biopsy' promises early detection for cancer
Artificial intelligence can ‘evolve’ to solve problems
This ‘mind-reading’ algorithm can decode the pictures in your head
Alzheimer’s protein may spread like an infection, human brain scans suggest
Make replication studies ‘a normal and essential part of science,’ Dutch science academy says
Out-of-sync brain waves may explain why we get forgetful as we age
Being bilingual may help autistic children, says new study
Pregnancy really does cause 'baby brain', new research finds
Study Reveals How The Creative Brain Is Wired
NOVEMBER 2017
A new study shows that students learn way more effectively from print textbooks than screens
China Just Unveiled The Most Futuristic Library Ever
3 in 10 Parents Say Their Child Has an Internet-Connected Toy
New Research Finds Tablet Device a Potential Risk for Young Children
The "Healthier" Version Of Smoking Is More Harmful To Youthful Users Than It Seems
What makes a happy song? Chances are it has more seventh chords
Scientists are learning to predict psychosis years in advance—and possibly prevent it
Why do people die fighting for a cause?
Small news outlets influence us more than we think
Gene therapy’s new hope: A neuron-targeting virus is saving infant lives
The 105 questions that could predict PTSD risk
What artificial brains can teach us about how our real brains learn
A new study is changing how scientists think about Alzheimer’s disease
Children of legally protected immigrants less likely to suffer mental illness
This robot made of algae can swim through your body—thanks to magnets
