Molecular Biology · August 20, 2026 · 8 min read

Researchers analyzed the DNA of 72,635 living people and found 168 genetic variants actively being eliminated from the human population. Several of them cause cancer.

The idea that human evolution has essentially stopped is one of those assumptions that feels intuitive without being rigorously tested. Modern medicine keeps people alive who might not have survived…

Read article →

Thursday, August 20, 2026 Published today: 1 articles

Psychology

Parents have spent a decade limiting their children’s screen time to protect their brains. A new 8-year study found children with more screen time had better cognitive processing as teenagers.

Few parenting positions have achieved the status of screen time limits. The American Academy of Pediatrics has issued guidelines recommending no more…

7 min read · Pediatric Exercise Science Read article →

Psychology

Male domestic violence survivors are less likely to seek help than female survivors. A study of 1,200 men finally asked why, and the answer reframes how the problem should be addressed

For decades, research on why male victims of intimate partner violence do not seek help has pointed in one direction. Men fear…

9 min read · Psychology of Men & Masculinities Read article →

Medical Research & Innovations

Every person who had COVID or got vaccinated carries an immune memory of the virus. A new vaccine platform has found a way to use that memory to make tumors visible to the immune system.

Somewhere inside your body right now, a population of T cells is waiting. They were trained during your COVID infection or vaccination…

8 min read · Nature Read article →

Psychology

Public health has treated loneliness and social isolation as the same problem for decades. A study of 30,000 people found they are not, and the one everyone talks about barely affects cognitive decline.

Loneliness has become one of the defining public health concerns of the past decade. The US Surgeon General declared it an epidemic in 2023, comparing its mortality risk to smoking…