For people with #schizophrenia who hear voices but don’t improve with antipsychotic medication, a new form of VR “avatar” therapy could help New story by Georgia Michelman, read more scienceline.org/2025/12/virt...

My latest for @scienceline.org. In a new study from @nature.com, researchers in the U.K. analyzed data from over 400 coral reefs. They warned that #coralreefs, which have been under stress due to #climatechange, may face more challenges on a warmer planet. scienceline.org/2025/12/cora...

“This is one of the first studies to show that over-the-counter birth control pills are reaching the very people they’re meant to help.” Read the full story by Avril Silva

By analyzing elevated #selenium levels in tree swallow eggs, researchers warn that the chemical from Elk River Valley coal mines is seeping into Montana waterways Full story scienceline.org/2025/11/sele...

Giving back to Montana with my first story for @scienceline.org — Selenium contamination from Canadian coal mines may threaten Montana birds. One of the many stories I’ve reported on during my first semester with @nyu.edu SHERP. #environmentalcontamination scienceline.org/2025/11/sele...

The #summer that can increase the odds of maternal #health risks for #pregnant women, according to a study published on Aug. 19 in The Journal of Climate Change and Health Read the full story by Julie Zenderoudi

Exposure to #airpollution is connected with worsening #Alzheimer’s disease, including faster and more aggressive cognitive impairment, according to a new study published in #JAMA Neurology this September Read the full story by Madeline Shaw

Last but not least from this year's #NobelPrize: Researchers Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt were awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics for identifying the essential elements of sustained economic growth. Story by Nhung Nguyen scienceline.org/2025/10/nobe...

#NobelPeace Prize Awarded to Venezuelan Opposition Leader María Corina Machado for becoming a symbol of resistance against #authoritarianism during Venezuela’s most recent election scienceline.org/2025/10/nobe...

László Krasznahorkai has been awarded the 2025 #NobelPrize in #Literature for his philosophical, apocalyptic and hallucinatory novels scienceline.org/2025/10/hung...

The 2025 #NobelPrize in #Chemistry went to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi for their work creating a new form of molecular architecture known as metal-organic frameworks ( #MOFs) scienceline.org/2025/10/2025...

A trio of physicists won the 2025 #NobelPrize in Physics for demonstrating quantum mechanics on a macroscopic scale Read the coverage by Isabel Gil here scienceline.org/2025/10/thre...

It’s that time of the year! Stay tuned as we bring you coverage from this year’s #NobelPrize First story is up! scienceline.org/2025/10/nobe...

She hunts for cans and bottles, and finds dignity. Read Leslie Liang’s story on how Josefa Marin, a street recycler for 30 years, is now running @surewecannyc.bsky.social to help a nearly invisible community scienceline.org/2025/09/she-...

'Canning, she says, changed her life.' An amazing @scienceline.org story about Josefa, a canner for 30 years & now head of a @surewecannyc.bsky.social redemption center. Bottle bills not only improve recycling rates, they bring tangible economic benefits. scienceline.org/2025/09/she-...

From the Stand Up for Science marches in March, to the Bethesda Declaration, to individual scientists speaking up all across the country, 2025 has been marked by scientific outreach and outrage. Read the full story by Marta Hill scienceline.org/2025/09/scie...

The cuts at NOAA are alarming meteorologists. Some of them told K.R. Callaway that kneecapping #NOAA risks American lives in dangerous heat waves, tornadoes, hurricanes and other natural disasters scienceline.org/2025/09/can-...

Gaea Cabico & Miriam Bahagijo spoke to retired park rangers and advocates and report how budget cuts and employee firings are hurting the science behind the overall management of U.S. public lands. scienceline.org/2025/09/trum...

For Scienceline, Pragathi Ravi spoke to Derek Brockbank, executive director of the Coastal States Organization, or CSO, about the recent efforts to reduce #NOAA’s funds and staff — and what this will mean for the country’s coast scienceline.org/2025/09/qa-w...

Abrupt cuts in research grants have distracted scientists from their research. Lauren Schneider dived into how these sudden changes can throw scientists off the steady rhythm of the academic calendar and mad them both worried and annoyed scienceline.org/2025/09/many...

Executive orders, staffing shake-ups, and sweeping policy reversals have kept science journalists working overtime to follow the facts. How are they keeping up? Rambo Talabong spoke to 3 science journalists relating to these developments scienceline.org/2025/09/qna-...

Perri Thaler wrote how #citizenscience is under threat despite how the #Trump administration seems to be publicly pushing for more of it

For Scienceline, Tom Brown and Leslie Liang talked to several #scientists on how the Gold Standard of Science had been tarnished under #Trump 2.0

Aaron Wightman has a sweet gig, which includes tracking more than 5,000 trees, answering questions from hundreds of people, and doing research on the impacts of #climatechange on #maple trees Read Marta Hill’s profile story on New York’s maple specialist

For Perri Thaler, finishing a #peanutbutter jar is both easy and delightful. But after the last scoop, a question lingered: what’s next for the empty container? Read her story on whether cleaning our #recyclables matters (or not)

Perri Thaler writes about the possible trade-offs of a #floatingsolar array, emphasizing how its environmental impacts need to be carefully assessed and mitigated where possible Read the full story

30 years after the war, #Bosnia & #Herzegovina remains disconnected from many public health efforts in #Europe, but loneliness researchers are working to change that A story on #socialprescribing in Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska by @laur_insider

Nothing is forever, including #AI’s learning ability A new study by the University of Alberta highlights how deep-learning models can’t continually learn without assistance from humans Read the full story by Perri Thaler

Shoreline #erosion at the #GreatLakes is no laughing matter, and coastal communities face hard choices on what to do to protect the shoreline Read the latest story from Marta Hill scienceline.org/2025/07/rock...

If food poisoning is enough to disrupt your body's bacterial balance, imagine what a trip to #space might do. Studies on animals— including a team of "moustronauts" — could help scientists predict how space flight affects the human #microbiome, Perri Thaler reports scienceline.org/2025/06/shou...

I hate being the bearer of bad news, but I love that scientists have more evidence about the health effects of cannabis. So it all evens out in my latest for Live Science. www.livescience.com/health/marij...

Ants adapted to cultivate fungus “gardens” without sunlight, feeding off the produce over millions of years. Researchers say the insects can teach humans about our own agriculture, @tombrownjournalist.bsky.social‬ reports.

Farmers in China face increasing droughts, floods and other weather-related disasters due to climate change. In response, some are spurning chemical sprays in favor of natural fertilizers and other techniques aimed at restoring depleted soils, Leslie Liang reports. buff.ly/wncQGkZ

Two-thirds of incarcerated people in the U.S. have a substance use disorder, the majority of which involve opioids. A new study reveals less than half of the nation's jails provide medication to treat opioid use disorder, Leslie Liang reports. scienceline.org/2025/05/amer...

Salt production in India is undertaken by thousands of workers who spend hours in the sun, even during heatwaves. This has caused chronic kidney dysfunction among them. In my first for @inthesetimes.com, I write about this disease burden. inthesetimes.com/article/cost...

The rise of text-to-music platforms like Suno and Udio has prompted researchers to develop systems that flag AI-generated music, @lauren-schneider.com reports. Test your own detection skills with our interactive game. scienceline.org/2025/05/ai-m...

Ever wondered how your knitting project will turn out? Ask a physicist! In my first for @sciam.bsky.social, researchers explain the new mathematical model that can help predict the age-old art of knitting. Read it here: www.scientificamerican.com/article/knit...

In my first for Live Science, I spoke to Boston University researchers hopeful their sound filtering algorithm will improve hearing aid tech. www.livescience.com/health/neuro...

Scientists have long puzzled over the limits of memory, and which parts of the mind govern how strongly we remember certain events. Recent findings in mice suggest strong memories can prevent weaker ones from forming, @tombrownjournalist.bsky.social reports.

In my latest for Alzforum, new research implicates Commander and CCC protein complexes in PD risk. www.alzforum.org/news/researc...

Studying the leap from proto-cuneiform to cuneiform can help us understand the development of writing and the cognitive changes behind it, @krcallaway.bsky.social reports. buff.ly/GaOxVPf

Researchers in Italy found that when violinists play more emotional pieces, their bow movements are rougher. Still, one professional violinist thinks of emotion as an overwhelmingly positive tool in his arsenal, Perri Thaler reports for the Scienceline podcast.

The process of naming species is complex and inconsistent, and sometimes produces names that, over time, become offensive, Miriam Bahagijo reports. Here’s what you should know about how species are named — and occasionally renamed.

If current diet trends continue, population growth will mean more cows — and more methane. Leslie Li reports on how scientists are tackling emissions from cattle.

"The ability to keep administrative records, track purchases and even externalize thoughts by writing them down on paper is something many of us take for granted, but writing has not been around forever," @krcallaway.bsky.social writes.

Mold can often be smelled before it can be seen because of volatile organic chemicals, which turn into gas at room temperature, Marta Hill explains.

Mistrust and frustration from mask and vaccine mandates may have contributed to increased violence against health care workers, according to a 2021 report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, @lauren-schneider.com reports.

Nearly 50% of women have dense breasts, which can increase breast cancer risk and can make cancer harder to detect without additional screening . It is unclear whether additional imaging consistently improves cancer detection, @krcallaway.bsky.social writes.

"Ancient DNA is critical, not only because it offers important insight into how we came to be — but also to rebuke colonial narratives," @pragathiravi.bsky.social writes.

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