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Education Oct 22, 2026

Are you using AI to study? Here's how to do it well

Artificial intelligence (AI) means high school and college students now have access to a resource that can potentially "do all the work for them." While this can reduce students' immediate stress about submitting assignments, ...

Cell & Microbiology Oct 22, 2026

Gut bacteria use food cues to help time nutrient absorption, study finds

Biological clocks are often associated with light. Historically, most people started their days when the sun was up and ended their days when the sun set. But new research from Carnegie Mellon University suggests that some ...

Cell & Microbiology Oct 22, 2026

Algae-powered soft robot arm uses light to grasp and lift small objects

Tiny underwater algae sway gently in the current. All of a sudden, a light shines on them and they form robotlike arms that start to pick up small rocks and put them in floating baskets. Sounds like science fiction, but researchers ...

Social Sciences Oct 21, 2026

When powerful women are remembered as witches, we should challenge the historical motive

Reclaiming the label "witch" has become an act of feminist solidarity. But are we recovering the women themselves, or a posthumous identity built from accusation rather than fact?

Ecology Oct 21, 2026

Illegal fishing is thriving in African waters—a satellite system could help change that

A patrol boat off the coast of Gabon intercepted three trawlers in July 2026, inside the Grand Sud Reserve. This is one of West and Central Africa's largest marine reserves, where industrial trawling is banned. None of the ...

Social Sciences Oct 21, 2026

More young people are being recruited as 'money mules' by organized crime groups, new analysis reveals

More than 8,900 people aged under 30 were arrested for money laundering offenses in England and Wales between 2020 and 2025. That's more than six in 10 of all money laundering arrests recorded during the period.

Social Sciences Oct 21, 2026

Horror films exploit how human vision works to deliver movies' best scares

Imagine you're in the movie theater watching 2018's "Hereditary." During one of the film's most unsettling sequences, the main character, Peter, wakes up in bed disoriented. As he sits up, you hear a couple of gasps from ...

Environment Oct 21, 2026

How 39 young people experience climate education in a rapidly changing world

Ecological grief is growing—and our current approach to climate change education isn't keeping pace.

Education Oct 21, 2026

Four questions about schoolwork feedback to guide young students' learning

What happens when a young student gets a low math score? A parent may say, "Math has never been your strength." A teacher might write "careless" beside a calculation.

Environment Oct 21, 2026

Africans reuse, repair, recycle and resell waste: What's needed to build on the circular economy basics

In many African cities, a broken fridge is rarely thrown away immediately. It may be repaired and resold, dismantled for spare parts or collected for its metal components.

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