Privacy
How Facebook Hinders Misinformation Research
The platform strictly limits and controls data access, which stymies scientists
Opinion
Cognition
The Educational Power—and the Limits—of Personalized Children’s Books
Reading materials individually tailored to young people can boost engagement and learning, but discerning what works is an ongoing challenge
Quantum Physics
Is There a Thing, or a Relationship between Things, at the Bottom of Things?
Quantum mechanics inspires us to speculate that interactions between entities, not entities in themselves, are fundamental to reality
Diversity
In One Life-Changing Moment, This Former Seaman Jumped from Ships to Computer Chips
Cybersecurity expert Laeon Israel talks disparities in STEM, “closing the gap” and a life awash in a sea of data
Extraterrestrial Life
Astronomers Should Be Willing to Look Closer at Weird Objects in the Sky
The Galileo Project seeks to train telescopes on unidentified aerial phenomena
Medicine
How Music Can Literally Heal the Heart
Its structural attributes and physiological effects make it an ideal tool for learning cardiology, studying heart-brain interactions and dispensing neurocardiac therapy
Language
It Isn’t Just What You Say about Science; It’s Also How You Say It
Teaching scientists to talk to policy makers
Vaccines
Vaccinate the World before Starting COVID Booster Shots
Fewer than 0.5 percent of vaccine doses have been distributed to people living in low-income countries
Ethics
Stop Torturing Animals in the Name of Science
Four centuries after Descartes declared them to be mere machines that didn’t feel fear or pain, we’re still acting as though we don’t know better
Public Health
A New Nurse Struggles to Save Patients in a New COVID Surge
Cases peaked, then fell, then rose again. “It is so much worse this time”
