グローバルヘルス
Heart shape may be a sign of cardiac disease risk
A machine learning-aided study on heart shape found that sphericity—or roundness—seems to occur more commonly in healthy hearts than previously believed but can also act as a genetic indi...
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気候変動
Here's how beavers improve water quality
As climate change worsens water quality and threatens ecosystems, beavers—and the dams they build—may help lessen the damage, according to a new study.
科学・素材産業
Why is sand so scarce right now?
An ongoing surge in demand for sand has made it a scarce commodity.
メンタルヘルス
Why one US city is dispatching mental health professionals, instead of the police, to low-risk situations
New research uncovers the strongest evidence yet that dispatching mental health professionals instead of police officers in response to some 911 calls can have significant benefits.
メンタルヘルス
This seronitin study could improve our understanding of psychiatric disorders
Targeted stimulation of the brain’s serotonin system could improve memories of new acquaintances, research with mice shows.
COVID-19
Forest loss could make diseases like COVID-19 more likely, according to study
Viruses that jump from animals to people, like the one responsible for COVID-19, will likely become more common as people continue to transform natural habitats into agricultural land, ac...
教育と技能
These test formats favour different genders
When taking standardized tests, girls perform better with open-ended questions, but boys score higher on multiple choice, research shows.
ジェンダーパリティ（ジェンダー公正）
Beer seems better if we think a guy made it
A new study finds that in traditionally male-oriented markets—beers, power tools, or automobile parts, for instance—goods women make can stack up pretty negatively.
教育と技能
Why we need to put women on research teams
When women contribute to medical research, that research is more likely to include consideration of sex and gender, including the differences between the way men and women react to diseas...
第四次産業革命
Exam anxiety could be holding women back in the sciences
Women feel more anxiety over taking high-stakes tests in college courses than men do, new research suggests.
第四次産業革命
It's tougher than ever to come up with big ideas. Here's why
Big ideas are getting harder and harder to find, and innovations have become increasingly massive and costly endeavors, according to new research.
グローバルヘルス
Solar panels' for the eyes may help us tackle blindness
Scientists are still a long way from creating a visual prosthesis that works as well as a real human eye. But, engineers are making steady progress in what was once the realm of science f...
行動科学
Would you give up your friend's privacy for pizza?
Although many people say they want to protect their personal information, privacy tends to take a backseat to convenience and can easily get tossed out the window for a reward as simple a...
気候変動
Why knowing the optimum temperature for mosquitoes could change how we fight disease
New research shows how rising temperatures might influence mosquito behavior and disease risk around the world. The researchers also calibrated their model with field data on human infect...
新興テクノロジー
Why online voting would be a ‘complete disaster’
If we’re willing to trust the internet to safeguard our finances, shepherd our love life, and maybe even one day steer our cars, being able to cast our vote online might seem like a logic...