How our bodies react when we use social media – and when we stop

New research shows withdrawal-like reactions when people are asked to stop using Instagram – but these may not reflect an addiction.

Niklas Ihssen, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Durham University • conversation
March 4, 2025 ~6 min

More empathy may be key to STEM learning success

Amore empathic approach to education may be key to STEM learning success, especially for underrepresented groups.

Sonia Fernandez-UCSB • futurity
March 4, 2025 ~7 min


The female explorers who braved the wilderness but were overlooked by the history books

Women’s presence in ‘the wild’ has always been contested, in myth, storytelling and sexist attitudes in the media that persist to this day.

Sarah Lonsdale, Senior Lecturer in Journalism, City St George's, University of London • conversation
March 3, 2025 ~8 min

Delhi: how weather patterns and faraway mountains made this the world’s most polluted megacity

Don’t just blame the city’s cars, factories and building sites. Mountains and weather patterns make it particularly hard for pollution to escape.

Laura Wilcox, Associate Professor, National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Reading • conversation
Feb. 28, 2025 ~8 min

How evolution might explain impatience

Human minds were shaped in a different world to the one we live in today.

Daniel Read, Professor of Behavioural Science, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick • conversation
Feb. 28, 2025 ~5 min

Man wants to search dump for lost hard drive with bitcoin fortune – here are his odds of finding it

If you only search in one location. there’s only a one in 143 billion chance of finding the hard drive.

Craig Anderson, Senior Lecturer in Statistics, University of Glasgow • conversation
Feb. 27, 2025 ~7 min

From sunscreen to essential oils, why some personal care products could be harmful to your health

Personal care products, such as hairspray, perfume and deodorant, can contain potentially toxic chemicals. Here’s what you need to know.

Asit Kumar Mishra, Research Fellow in School of Public of Health, University College Cork • conversation
Feb. 26, 2025 ~6 min

How palaeontologists are uncovering dinosaur behaviour

If we struggle to work out what the whole animal looked like most of the time, how can we begin to piece together their lives and how they behaved?

David Hone, Senior Lecturer in Zoology, Queen Mary University of London • conversation
Feb. 26, 2025 ~6 min


Learn Prefixes, Suffixes to Expand Your Vocabulary

VOA Learning English • voa
Feb. 25, 2025 ~4 min

Alcohol ingestion by animals is surprisingly widespread – and we’re starting to understand its impact

Evidence is increasingly showing how ethanol is naturally present in sugary food.

Anna Christina Bowland, PhD Candidate in Biosciences, University of Exeter • conversation
Feb. 25, 2025 ~6 min

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