🚨 New piece in @nathumbehav.nature.com: We show that socioeconomic gaps in childcare access across the OECD are not mainly about lower demand. Many disadvantaged families want childcare but face barriers such as scarcity, costs, and complex procedures. Main takeaway: make access easier 📣

In a commentary published today in Nature Human Behavior, we argue that regulating vaping needs pragmatic, evidence-based policy. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Calling all researchers in social & behavioural genetics! Please read this excellent Comment by ECRs in the field (published this week in @nathumbehav.nature.com) www.nature.com/articles/s41... Led by Straub, Harerimana & Alajääskö, it calls for updated practice, training & ethics rdcu.be/fiUR2

I'm so happy to see this paper published with us @nathumbehav.nature.com ! Check out the thread below (and the paper itself) for new insights into the global relationship between science and policy

If your research involves behavioural genetics, check out this Comment! Recommendations include - 🛡️Assess risks & build in safeguards from the very beginning 💬Engage with participants and communities openly, early & often I'd love to see these efforts documented in Methods sections more often

✍️🎓Will AI detectors change how we write? Bo Hu discusses potential impacts on academic writing in this World View for @nathumbehav.nature.com - www.nature.com/articles/s41... (also: rdcu.be/e6yzR)

A new series of 'How to' Comment is now launched! It provides guidance & practical recommendations for topics of broad interest to our readership. Read our editorial about it:

We've launched a new Series at @nathumbehav.nature.com - "How to" Comments! Here are some highlights www.nature.com/collections/...

Ahoy! Call for papers now open for this year's amazing ESSGN conference - returning to the beautiful Bologna. Have anything to present at the intersection of the social sciences and genetics? Don't miss!

Large language models can accurately score people’s Big 5 personality traits on the basis of their brief, open-ended narratives. LLM ratings converged with self-reports and predicted daily behaviour & mental health www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We have some great opinion pieces out in @nathumbehav.nature.com today! First, a Comment on colonial legacies and big team science - these multicentre projects aim to globalise science, but can the movement achieve this without structural reform? www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New evidence of Ice Age occupation at 1000m in Australia challenges old ideas about human mobility during the last glacial maximum I was excited to handle this Article by Amy Way et al, & love the stunning cover art by co-author Wayne Brennan @nathumbehav.nature.com

Australia's social media ban is now in place - what next? Writing in @nathumbehav.nature.com, Dr Wu Shin Ling considers the implications of this ban - for teens, researchers and policymakers. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

💼 💔 Academia’s toxic love language is playing “hard to get” 🧪 💓 Science is the beautiful pursuit of building knowledge I wrote an essay for Nature Human Behaviour on treating academia as “just a job” www.nature.com/articles/s41... What ideas would you add? 💡 #HigherEd #PhDLife #DiversityInSTEM

Our new Focus issue "Rethinking Waste" is live! We’re thrilled to present a human-centred look at sustainable waste management. [1/14] www.nature.com/collections/...

#WHS2025 This Comment by Gelen et al discusses diversity in representation at the World Health Summit. They found an increasing diversity in representation is increasing — but influence remains uneven. They propose three areas for future reform.

There's a gender gap in adolescent mental health and it's not OK - too many girls are suffering alone. Zui Narita et al summarise the evidence in @nathumbehav.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41... @knowlesg42.bsky.social

Well, it's official. After our paper last year (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....), the Slender-billed Curlew is officially declared Extinct today. Scientists dream of describing new species, not writing their obituary and epitaph, knowing that they are gone forever #ornithology

Does socioeconomic status predict health or happiness? A study of 70k people across 11 countries finds relative income predicts happiness, education predicts health 💲😃🎓🩺 www.nature.com/articles/s41... @nathumbehav.nature.com

🎨 How we see style A new study shows our brains are tuned to recognise style, like Monet’s brushstrokes, separately from content. Style is not just art, it is perception. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #SciComm #Cognition 🧪

Some people call it a minefield. Others call it dangerous, even irresponsible. I call it the most promising field in life sciences. My love letter to social science genetics: communities.springernature.com/posts/a-love...

When we search for scientific papers, we often rely on an algorithm - but do we miss important work? In this Correspondence, Zackary Dunivin and @psmaldino.bsky.social warn that current algorithms exacerbate disparities in science, and make the case for greater user control. rdcu.be/eASFa

How do you come up with a really good research question? Megan Peters @ucirvine.bsky.social writes about her process, offering some great tips (and traps to avoid!) rdcu.be/eAmL2

80 years on from Hiroshima bombing, risks of nuclear war are the highest they’ve been in decades. We need new science leaders to engage with policymakers & the public to create a shared knowledge-intensive understanding of the calamitous consequences of nuclear war 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

New Editorial: "The human factor" rdcu.be/exe7t From this month, we will be publishing pieces specifically focused on the personal side of research. And the first is: Q&A with Aster Gebrekirstos: "Creating resilience through agroforestry" rdcu.be/exl7A

If you visit Hong Kong, it's well worth taking a boat to Lantau to see the feral buffalo - they are incredible 🐃🐃🐃 (Last year I was so lucky to visit them together with the team behind this brilliant work!)

The #SCIMaP team announces a major update: an analysis of the economic impacts of the White House's NIH FY26 budget. Bottom-line, we estimate $46B in total economic loss, 202K lost jobs, and impacts in communities nationwide. Interactive map and shareable report: scienceimpacts.org/fy26 a 🧵

Erik Sulidra proudly presented his work in Bahasa Indonesia. Everyone understood his presentation—whether in English, Japanese, or other languages—with Wordly's live AI translation. A moment when we broke #languagebarriers at #ICCB2025.

In this important piece, @nicolecrust.bsky.social urges us all to support trainee/ECR scientists in the US right now. How? By working as hard as we can to restore awe (about science!), stability and certainty for the next generation. rdcu.be/ep9gi

The US is a global leader in science - but recent policies restrict academic freedom. In this thought-provoking piece grounded in global data, Frank Fernandez and Neal Hutchens explain why this will have significant consequences for innovation & scientific breakthroughs. rdcu.be/ep9bp

My new piece in Nature Human Behavior: "We need to fight for the next generation of US researchers" All trainees need 3 things to thrive. In the US, those things have been ripped away. Let's brainstorm and fight to get them back. (share link): www.nature.com/articles/s41...

What happens when a researcher switches to a new field? A recent study in Nature suggests that a pivot to a new field isn't great for impact - but it's not clear why. Read the paper here - rdcu.be/epFQd And this great commentary - www.nature.com/articles/d41...

As a Chinese international student during the first Trump administration, Qian Di was accused of research misconduct for his work on air quality, and eventually chose to return to China. In this piece he reflects on his experiences, and the continued impacts of hostile US policies. rdcu.be/epAMd

Cuts to NIH indirect costs will have significant negative consequences across the United States, write @asinclair.bsky.social @joshuasweitz.bsky.social &al. for @nathumbehav.nature.com Their interactive platform SCIMaP visualises these impacts: scienceimpacts.org rdcu.be/eo3Wo

"Although dissent carries risks, it's riskier to stay silent", writes @petergleick.bsky.social in this World View for @nathumbehav.nature.com rdcu.be/eo3J6

Thank you @essgn.bsky.social and everyone at ESSGN this year for a brilliant conference! I was grateful to be there and learnt so much.

"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging." Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council. I wrote about my decision in TIME. time.com/7285045/resi...

After 3 years in the making, our Registered Report is out in @nathumbehav.nature.com! We analyse nationally representative UK data from 3,340 adolescents (aged 11–19) to examine how social media use differs between those with and without mental health conditions. 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

How should we measure well-being? What does it mean for a person to flourish in life? This new Perspective offers a great overview of scientific approaches to measuring well-being, and a compelling case for multidimensional measurement.

“A rising wave of white nationalism in many parts of the globe could threaten the progress that has been made in science — and broader society — towards a more equitable world As scientists and members of the public, we must push back against this threat” 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

This month we're highlighting youth-led climate action on our cover! Why? Because youth protests have impact: this paper from Fabel et al found Green Party vote shares in Germany increased in counties with higher youth protest participation. Read here: rdcu.be/ehW0P @naturehumbehav.bsky.social

Did you know that South Korea's climate legislation was recently declared unconstitutional for not sufficiently protecting its citizens? This sets precedent for other governments to be held accountable for climate policy. Read more here: rdcu.be/ehE96 @naturehumbehav.bsky.social

"a key measure of success for any [climate] adaptation effort, regardless of sector, is whether it safeguards and improves human health" - John Ji, published in @naturehumbehav.bsky.social today: rdcu.be/egHpF

NEW: After cancelling nearly all projects on trans health, the Trump admin has now directed the NIH to study the negative consequences of transitioning. This will create “a distorted research ecosystem where only politically favorable findings are permitted to exist”, researcher Harry Barbee says.

Take Nature’s poll - the new administration is reshaping the research landscape in the United States in profound ways. What do you think of all the changes? @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

In the month of International Women’s Day, we asked six scientists about the most influential woman who shaped their field. @histoftech.bsky.social @samaraklar.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Working with an interdisciplinary team, we have developed a website to communicate how the White House's proposed cuts to health research would cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs. Find out how your community may be impacted. Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org a 🧵

Did you get a chance to read the thread on our new @naturehumbehav.bsky.social paper on SES yet? If not, don't worry, I have something better for you! Check out this comic by the amazing @lizahaart.bsky.social Complete comic: communities.springernature.com/posts/are-we... Or in this thread 👇🏾

Remember COVID? Mobility data was crucial to help stop the spread. This Comment explains how scientists can leverage opportunities to improve our understanding of human mobility, and combat current and future infectious disease spread: rdcu.be/efd0v @naturehumbehav.bsky.social