Are Peanuts the Answer to Preventing Malnutrition in Africa?
A study finds "ready to use treatment foods" may help prevent malnutrition—in certain circumstances.
How Highlighting the Best and the Brightest Can Backfire
Research finds exposing students in a massive open online course to the best of their peers' work lowers their grades and increases dropout rates.
Don’t Tase My Brain, Bro
The electrical weapons prevent people from thinking clearly, raising concerns about Miranda warnings, a new study argues.
Women Are Seen More Than Heard in the News
A massive study finds women's voices are less likely heard in news stories. Curiously, it's a little bit less of an issue for their faces.
Is It Time for Biologists to Stop Thinking About Race?
While social scientists should continue to study the social meaning of race, the concept has no place in biology, scientists argue.
Super Bowl Fever (of 102 Degrees)
Wash your hands, football fans: Sending a team to the Super Bowl increases a town's flu deaths by 18 percent.
Happy Thoughts Can Make You Sad
Not today, not tomorrow, but positive daydreaming may lead to depression down the road.
We’re Having Our Hottest Summers Since Before the Roman Empire
A new study puts recent European summer heatwaves in ancient context.
Babylonians Were Really Good at Astronomy
They figured out a math problem related to the path of Jupiter—14 centuries before top British and French scientists did.