Science & Society
- Genetics
Some scientists ask for ban on the gene editing of babies
Scientists and research organizations have just issued calls for a voluntary ban on editing genes that can be inherited by people.
- Climate
Using art to show the threat of climate change
Climate change can sometimes seem like a huge pile of hard-to-grasp numbers and graphs. These artists are finding new ways to help people understand big changes.
- Health & Medicine
Vaccines help everyone — even the unvaccinated
Vaccines are safe and save lives. But when people say no to them, there can be big — and even deadly — costs to their families and many others, too.
- Health & Medicine
Why some people think they know more than vaccine experts
New research sheds light on why some people choose myths over science when it comes to vaccines.
- Health & Medicine
Explainer: Vaccines are not linked to autism
Some parents say no to children’s vaccines because they worry immunizations could cause autism. But science has looked again and again and still finds no causal tie.
- Health & Medicine
Teens who play violent video games aren’t any more violent
A careful new study shows that teens who play violent video games are no more aggressive than other teens.
- Humans
Grandmother can be good for grandkids — up to a point
Women who live past their child-bearing years often help their grandchildren survive, data now suggest. But that help may depend on her age and how close by she lives.
- Health & Medicine
Analyze This: Most teens have been cyberbullied
Name-calling was the most common type of six types of cyberbullying that surveyed teens reported.
- Science & Society
Students strike to spur adults into climate action
Students worldwide are demanding action on climate change. Coordinated school strikes were slated to take place around the world on March 15.
- Computing
Rise of the botnets
Botnets are armies of connected, infected computers that attack websites and other online businesses. Some scientists have found ways to use connected computers for good, too.
- Health & Medicine
Easing test anxiety boosts science grades in low-income students
Giving lower-income students mental tools to cope with test anxiety boosted their science grades.
- Health & Medicine
Later school starts linked to better teen grades
A Seattle study confirms that later high school start times improve teens’ sleep and grades. Fitbit-like activity trackers provided the evidence.
