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‘Gold Standard’ Lung Function Test Misses Lung Disease in Many Black U.S. Adults

Race-based interpretation of spirometry also normalizes Black adults’ lower lung function

‘Fitbit for the Face’ Can Turn Any Face Mask into Smart Monitoring Device

FaceBit can monitor wearer’s health, sense heart beat through the face

First-Ever Transient Pacemaker Harmlessly Dissolves in Body

Wireless, fully implantable device gives temporary pacing without requiring removal

Implanted Wireless Device Triggers Mice to Form Instant Bond

First optogenetics-based study of unrestricted social interactions within groups of animals

Food Stamp Work Requirements Increase Mental Health Care Use

‘These work requirements harm people with no measurable benefit to the economy’

Breakthrough in Understanding Why We Struggle to Recognise the Faces of People from Different Racial Backgrounds

Cognitive Psychologists at the University of Exeter believe they have discovered the answer to a 60-year-old question as to why people find it more difficult to recognise faces from visually distinct racial backgrounds than they do their own.

Metaphor and Images Should Be Used Alongside Traditional Medical Scales for Patients to Describe Pain, Study Says

Patients should be able to use images and metaphors alongside traditional medical scales to describe their pain to doctors, a new study says.

Famine and Disease Drove the Evolution of Lactose Tolerance in Europe

Prehistoric people in Europe were consuming milk thousands of years before humans evolved the genetic trait allowing us to digest the milk sugar lactose as adults.

Scientists Unravel Mystery Behind Formation of First Quasars in the Early Universe

The quest to unravel the mystery behind the formation of the first quasars in the early universe has taken a significant step forward.

‘Democratic AI’ Makes More Favoured Economic Policy Decisions

Artificial intelligence systems that are trained to align with human values could be used to develop more popular economic policies, a new study has found.

Swans Sacrifice Rest to Squabble

Swans give up resting time to fight over the best feeding spots, new research shows.

Scientists Discover Key Genes Behind Insect Migrations

Scientists have identified more than 1,500 genetic differences between migratory and non-migratory hoverflies.

Climate Change Will Increase Chances of Wildfire Globally – but Humans Can Still Help Reduce the Risk

New research highlights how the risk of wildfire is rising globally due to climate change – but also, how human actions and policies can play a critical role in regulating regional impacts.

Lactating Mice Pass along Common Antimicrobial to Pups, Initiating Liver Damage

Triclosan is used in everything from cleaners to pesticides to toys; researchers say exposure early in life may lay groundwork for future development of fatty liver disease

UCLA Scientists Discover Places on the Moon Where It’s Always ‘Sweater Weather’

People could potentially live and work in lunar pits and caves with steady temperatures in the 60s

Studies Link COVID-19 to Wildlife Sales at Chinese Market, Find Other Scenarios Extremely Unlikely

Analyses based on locations and viral sequencing of early cases indicate the COVID-19 pandemic started in Wuhan's Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, with two separate jumps from animals to humans.

Lead Exposure in Last Century Shrank Iq Scores of Half of Americans

Leaded gasoline calculation to have stolen over 800 million cumulative IQ points since 1940s

Onset of Modern Sea-Level Rise Began in 1863, International Study Finds

An international team of scientists including Rutgers researchers has found that modern rates of sea-level rise began emerging in 1863 as the Industrial Age intensified, coinciding with evidence for early ocean warming and glacier melt.

Climate Change Has Likely Begun to Suffocate the World’s Fisheries

By 2080, around 70% of the world’s oceans could be suffocating from a lack of oxygen as a result of climate change