In a first-of-its-kind genome-wide association study (GWAS) researchers have discovered two genes, RNF144B and ENPP1, that ...

Spelling coach Scott Remer has 26 students competing in the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee. One was the runner-up last ...

Intuition has often been dismissed as vague or unscientific. But that’s changing. An emerging body of evidence shows that a ...

This chapter analyzes the distinct adjustment paths of U.S. labor markets (places) and U.S. workers (people) to increased Chinese import competition during the 2000s. Using comprehensive register data ...

A decade ago, a clinical trial in the U.K. famously showed that children who were exposed to peanuts in the early months of ...

dDepartment of Environmental Health & Engineering, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA eRisk Sciences and Public Policy Institute, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of ...

A study has found humpback whale encounters may influence people watching from the surface. The study examined the role of sound, including whale vocalisations and fin slaps, in shaping visitor ...

A new study paints a grim picture of American economic life: Most households aren’t making enough to cover the basic costs of living, even when working full time. According to the Ludwig ...

We run the Smoking Toolkit Study (STS) and the Alcohol Toolkit Study (ATS). These studies consist of a series of monthly, national, household, face-to-face surveys of the adult population of England, ...

How are we able to recall a word we want to say ... to understand how the brain retrieves words during speech. A new study by researchers at New York University sheds light on this mystery ...

Now, the labor market will be weaker than ever, as competition increases. In January, the company behind Word and Windows laid off 2,000 underperforming employees, without severance. Now ...

Across their lives — in their educational achievement, mental health and transitions to adulthood — there are warning signs that they are falling behind, even as their female peers surge ahead.