By Elina Moreno, PhD Student, Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, University of Toronto
Yuthika Girme, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University
New research suggests seeing singlehood as an opportunity for growth can help people embrace new experiences and feel better about being single.
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By John J. Martin, Assistant Professor of Law, Quinnipiac University
Will an Aug. 24, 2026, Supreme Court decision lead to chaos in the midterm elections? An election law scholar dissects the decision, its background and possible effects.
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By Katherine Jensen, Professional Teaching Fellow, Business School, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
A recent RNZ analysis of political advertising on Facebook and Instagram revealed an intriguing pattern in who was seeing the ads.
Of more than 500 ads National ran this year, 92 were seen only by men, attracting up to 3.9 million views and costing as much as $21,000. Only one was seen solely by women – for a single day, at a cost of less than $100 – and the party says it didn’t place it.
ACT showed a similar tilt, with 14 ads seen only by men and…
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By Dawn ME Bowdish, Canada Research Chair in Aging & Immunity, McMaster University
When the sky becomes orange and hazy from wildfire smoke, modern humans are at greater risk than our earlier ancestors would have been.
This is because mutations that occurred tens of thousands of years ago made humans exquisitely sensitive to some types of air pollution.
Wildfire smoke includes two dangerous components: volatile chemicals, which include…
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By Derk-Jan Dijk, Professor of Sleep and Physiology and Director of Surrey Sleep Research Centre, University of Surrey
Anne Skeldon, Professor of Mathematics, Head of School, School of Mathematics & Physics, University of Surrey
For decades, the answer to “how much sleep does an adult need?” has been simple: eight hours. The idea dates back to the mid-19th century when the notion of eight hours of work, eight for recreation and eight for sleep first took hold.
But growing evidence suggests that eight hours may not be the ideal amount of sleep for everyone, as a new narrative review…
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By Ibrahim Al-Marashi, IE School of Humanities, IE University; California State University San Marcos
The Red Sea often makes headlines as the launch site for attacks on oil tankers and infrastructure by the Houthi rebels, a political and religious group that controls much of the northern and western areas of Yemen. But the history of this vital shipping route was once defined by the passage of another dark, liquid source…
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By Jennifer D. Kobrin, Assistant Professor of Adult and Continuing Education, University of Tennessee
An adult can read at a fifth grade level and still be a productive employee or caregiver who navigates practical life with competence.
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By Pranav Padmanabhan, Professional Research Assistant, University of Colorado Anschutz
Katherine LeMasters, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado Boulder
Paul Christine, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz
The City Council of Pueblo, Colorado, voted to ban the distribution of syringes through syringe service programs starting in May 2024.
Also called needle exchanges, these programs are run by community organizations that provide healthcare services. The impetus for the ban, as council members noted, was syringe litter in public spaces.
Three weeks after the…
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By Anne Pisor, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Demography, Penn State
Bonface Osindi, Data Scientist in the College of Veterinary Medicine, Global Health-Kenya, Washington State University
If being outside in the heat for even a few minutes felt miserable this summer, imagine what it’s like for herders who are always out walking with their livestock and rarely get a break.
“We have never experienced such hot days,” a woman herder in northern Kenya told our research team in 2024. “It is difficult to [do things] outside [with] the high temperatures.”
Her experience is echoed by herders in both the U.S. and Kenya, where we study health and climate. Our team’s recent data from Kenya suggests…
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By Michael A. Robinson, Research Scientist in Atmospheric Chemistry, University of Colorado Boulder
As wildfire smoke plumes travel thousands of miles, sunlight and atmospheric chemistry bleach their color, strip away their campfire aroma and add them to the mix of urban smog.
Smoky skies plagued the East Coast and Midwest again in summer 2026, as wildfires hundreds of miles away forced people to cancel…
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