Teens say they can access firearms at home, even when parents lock them up, new research shows

Just one unlocked firearm may undo the protective effect of securing all other firearms in the home.

Rebeccah Sokol, Assistant Professor of Social Work, University of Michigan • conversation
June 10, 2025 ~5 min

Your teens’ sleep habits may affect how their brains work

"How adolescents sleep influences how their brains function, and that influences their mental health outcomes."

Leigh Hataway U. Georgia • futurity
June 10, 2025 ~5 min


LGBTQ+ patients stay up-to-date on preventive care when their doctors are supportive, saving money and lives throughout society

When LGBTQ+ patients can be open with their providers about their identity, they are much more likely to get essential care.

Nathaniel M. Tran, Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Administration, University of Illinois Chicago • conversation
June 10, 2025 ~5 min

Can a robot help you age better?

Can a robot help you remember your pills, lift shopping, and even offer companionship? Yes – if it’s co-designed by its users.

Daniele Magistro, Associate Professor in Physical Activity and Health, Department of Sport Science, Nottingham Trent University • conversation
June 6, 2025 ~6 min

US health care is rife with high costs and deep inequities, and that’s no accident – a public health historian explains how the system was shaped to serve profit and politicians

Research shows that decades of policy choices shaped today’s fragmented health care system – which is precisely why reform is so difficult.

Zachary W. Schulz, Senior Lecturer of History, Auburn University • conversation
June 6, 2025 ~11 min

Former MIT researchers advance a new model for innovation

Focused research organizations (FROs) undertake large research efforts and have begun to yield scientific advances.

Zach Winn | MIT News • mit
June 6, 2025 ~9 min

Different anesthetics, same result: unconsciousness by shifting brainwave phase

MIT study finds an easily measurable brain wave shift may be a universal marker of unconsciousness under anesthesia.

David Orenstein | The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory • mit
June 5, 2025 ~6 min

How Trump’s ‘gold standard’ politicizes federal science

The first Trump administration also used words like ‘transparency,’ ‘reproducibility’ and ‘uncertainty’ − to try to block regulators from using important health studies when writing pollution rules.

H. Christopher Frey, Glenn E. Futrell Distinguished University Professor of Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University • conversation
June 5, 2025 ~10 min


Game theory explains why reasonable parents make vaccine choices that fuel outbreaks

Vaccine hesitancy isn’t a moral failure – it’s a property of a system in which people must balance personal and collective interests.

Avi Dor, Professor of Health Policy and Management, George Washington University • conversation
June 5, 2025 ~10 min

1 in 4 children suffers from chronic pain − school nurses could be key to helping them manage it

Chronic pain in children is common. Effective solutions exist − and training community providers is one way to get treatment to kids who need it.

Natoshia R. Cunningham, Associate Professor of Family Medicine, Michigan State University • conversation
June 4, 2025 ~7 min

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