The aching red: Firefighters often silently suffer from trauma and job-related stress

Firefighters are hailed as heroes and pillars of strength, bravery and courage. But the daily stressors and traumas of their jobs take a heavy emotional toll that largely goes unnoticed by the public.

Arash Javanbakht, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University • conversation
Aug. 13, 2021 ~10 min

Considering the spiderweb

After nearly a decade, an interdisciplinary collaboration to model a 3D spider web leads to many surprising results.

Anya Ventura | Center for Art, Science, and Technology • mit
Aug. 10, 2021 ~13 min


Dignity neuroscience: Brain data affirm human rights

Dignity neuroscience is the idea that universal rights are rooted in human brain science, say two scientists.

Jill Kimball-Brown • futurity
Aug. 5, 2021 ~10 min

From CRISPR to glowing proteins to optogenetics – scientists' most powerful technologies have been borrowed from nature

Three pioneering technologies have forever altered how researchers do their work and promise to revolutionize medicine, from correcting genetic disorders to treating degenerative brain diseases.

Marc Zimmer, Professor of Chemistry, Connecticut College • conversation
Aug. 5, 2021 ~9 min

Making voting easier for previously incarcerated people

People rarely vote after being incarcerated. Associate Professor Ariel White wonders what can be done about it.

Will Sullivan | MIT Governance Lab • mit
Aug. 2, 2021 ~7 min

A sleep study’s eye-opening findings

Experiment with working poor in India finds no impact from more night sleep, though naps help; rest quality may be key.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office • mit
July 29, 2021 ~9 min

Militaries plunder science fiction for technology ideas, but turn a blind eye to the genre's social commentary

Science fiction doesn’t just introduce us to speculative technologies – the genre explores how they might affect society too.

Will Slocombe, Senior Lecturer in English, University of Liverpool • conversation
July 26, 2021 ~8 min

Study: Just 7 Percent of Our DNA Is Special to Modern Humans

VOA Learning English • voa
July 25, 2021 ~4 min


When an ancient volcanic 'supereruption' caused sudden cooling, early humans got lucky

Toba eruption caused temperatures to plummet by up to 10°C in some regions – but not where most humans lived.

Anja Schmidt, Interdisciplinary Lecturer in Climate Modelling, University of Cambridge • conversation
July 20, 2021 ~7 min

Facebook often removes evidence of atrocities in countries like Syria and Myanmar – but we can preserve it

Videos taken by ordinary people can help prosecute those who commit atrocities – but this evidence must be stored reliably.

Ali Shahaab, PhD Candidate, Distributed Ledgers / Blockchain Technology, Cardiff Metropolitan University • conversation
July 15, 2021 ~9 min

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