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/ 1 year agoHow active are the microorganisms in your yogurt? We created a new tool to study probiotic activity — and made it out of cardboard
Probiotics are great for your gut, but which sources contain the most beneficial bacteria? Newly developed sensors are helping scientists figure...
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/ 1 year agoDigital inaccessibility: Blind and low-vision people have powerful technology but still face barriers to the digital world
Assistive technology like screen readers for the blind help people with disabilities use computers and smartphones, but they can be tripped...
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/ 1 year agoFinding objective ways to talk about religion in the classroom is tough − but the cost of not doing so is clear
Many countries wrestle with whether to include any kind of education about religion in public school lessons, and each one takes...
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/ 1 year agoDo you hear what I see? How blindness changes how you process the sound of movement
Detecting and tracking motion is key to survival. The ability to extract auditory information from a noisy environment changes when your...
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/ 1 year agoWhy are some black holes bigger than others? An astronomer explains how these celestial vacuums grow
Pictures of black holes have a white outline around them when photographed, due to one of black holes’ unique and key...
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/ 1 year agoTeaching positive psychology skills at school may be one way to help student mental health and happiness
Positive psychology focuses on science-based ideas about how to increase your happiness and live a satisfying life. Studies are following how...
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/ 1 year agoMore vulnerable people live in Philadelphia neighborhoods that are less green and get hotter
An interdisciplinary group of researchers at Penn State ran computer models on two Philadelphia census tracts. The neighborhood with more vulnerable...
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/ 1 year agoAfter 50 years of global effort to abolish torture, much work remains
More than three-quarters of the world’s nations engage in torture, which is notoriously difficult to study because it often occurs in...
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/ 1 year agoA bottle of scotch recently sold for $2.7 million – what’s behind such outrageous prices?
The history of whiskey is one of perception, not necessarily quality.
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/ 1 year agoStudents could get more sleep and learn better if school started a little later
Most teens aren’t getting enough sleep, leading to poorer academic performance. Early school start times combined with natural changes in hormones...
