Students could get more sleep and learn better if school started a little later

Most teens aren’t getting enough sleep, leading to poorer academic performance. Early school start times combined with natural changes in hormones and the circadian rhythm could be to blame.

Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse, MD, Associate Professor of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh • conversation
Dec. 18, 2023 ~8 min

Women's health technology could be so much more than period trackers

Many of these digital tools aimed at women are created by, invested in and marketed by men.

Lindsay Balfour, Assistant Professor of Digital Media, Coventry University • conversation
Feb. 2, 2022 ~6 min


Why do plants grow straight?

Plants need light to feed themselves, so they grow in ways that help them collect as much of it as they can. Sometimes that’s straight up, but not always.

Beronda L. Montgomery, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology & Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, and Assistant Vice President of Research & Innovation, Michigan State University • conversation
Jan. 17, 2022 ~4 min

Transgender medicine – what care looks like, who seeks it out and what's still unknown: 3 essential reads

Across the US, politicians, activists and transgender people are fighting over the right to access transgender medical care. Rarely is the care itself actually discussed. This is that discussion.

Daniel Merino, Assistant Editor: Science, Health, Environment; Co-Host: The Conversation Weekly Podcast • conversation
June 23, 2021 ~10 min

Unwanted weight gain or weight loss during the pandemic? Blame your stress hormones

It's been a stressful year, and for 61% of US adults, a year of unwanted weight change too. This isn't surprising, as stress, eating and motivation are all linked through hormones in the brain.

Lina Begdache, Assistant Professor of Nutrition, Binghamton University, State University of New York • conversation
April 2, 2021 ~6 min

What are phthalates, and how do they put children's health at risk?

Scientists issued an urgent call for better federal regulation of these endocrine-disrupting chemicals. Here's why.

Stephanie Eick, Postdoctoral Researcher in Reproductive Health, University of California, San Francisco • conversation
Feb. 26, 2021 ~6 min

Women's health is better when women have more control in their society

Living in societies with gender bias can harm women's health.

Katherine Wander, Assistant Professor, Binghamton University, State University of New York • conversation
Jan. 25, 2021 ~7 min

With the help of trained dolphins, our team of researchers is building a specialized drone to help us study dolphins in the wild

Wild dolphins are fast, smart and hard to study, but it is important to understand how human actions affect their health. So we are building a drone to sample hormones from the blowholes of dolphins.

Jason Bruck, Teaching Assistant Professor of Integrative Biology, Oklahoma State University • conversation
July 1, 2020 ~9 min


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