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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 7-Jul-2025 15:10 ET (7-Jul-2025 19:10 GMT/UTC)

Teachers express extreme concern about influence of online misogyny on students

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a survey study of 200 U.K. teachers, 76 percent of secondary school teachers and 60 percent of primary school teachers expressed extreme concern about the influence of online misogyny on their students. Harriet Over of the University of York, U.K., and colleagues present these findings in the open-access journal PLOS One on February 26, 2025.

Journal: PLOS One

Bluesky is similarly structured to other social media, but with some unusual features

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A comprehensive analysis of social media platform Bluesky provides insights into its structure, polarization and political leanings, in a new study published in open-access journal PLOS One on February 19, 2025, by Dorian Quelle and Alexandre Bovet, from the University of Zurich, Switzerland.

Journal: PLOS One

Fossil eggshells from Utah's Cedar Mountain Formation include Cretaceous period eggs from 3 feathered bird-like dinosaurs, 2 herbivorous dinosaurs, and a crocodile-like species found for the first time outside Europe

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Fossil eggshells from Utah's Cedar Mountain Formation include Cretaceous period eggs from 3 feathered bird-like dinosaurs, 2 herbivorous dinosaurs, and a crocodile-like species found for the first time outside Europe

Journal: PLOS One

Social media posts about medical tests with potential for overdiagnosis

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: In this cross-sectional study of social media posts about 5 popular medical tests, most posts were misleading or failed to mention important harms, including overdiagnosis or overuse. These data demonstrate a need for stronger regulation of misleading medical information on social media.

Journal: JAMA Network Open

Consumer confidence in the responsible use of digital health data after the COVID-19 pandemic

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: In this study, confidence in organizations to use health data responsibly was largely unchanged from 2020 to 2022, but polarization increased between politically liberal and conservative respondents. Compared with 2020, in 2022 liberal respondents reported increased confidence in the federal government to use digital health data responsibly, while conservative respondents reported decreased confidence in the federal government and agencies. Changes in confidence may be related to the prominence of these agencies (CDC, NIH) during the COVID-19 pandemic, a 2020 national election with a change in the governing political party, and political polarization.

Journal: JAMA Network Open

Influencers promoting ‘overwhelmingly’ misleading information about medical tests on social media

University of Sydney
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Influencers are promoting “overwhelmingly” misleading information about medical tests on Instagram and TikTok, according to a global University of Sydney-led study published today in JAMA Network Open.

Journal: JAMA Network Open

Program’s expansion boosts student research opportunities

University of Texas at Arlington
Grant and Award Announcement

Aerospace engineering senior Philip Wilson attended an American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) conference. Rohit Raut, a senior physics major, presented his work at a nuclear research symposium, and senior biology major Jaden Rankin had the opportunity to feature her research at an entomology conference. These and other University of Texas at Arlington students were able to showcase their original research at major symposiums thanks to UTA’s expansion of its popular undergraduate research program that provides funding for select students to present at academic conferences.

Funder: University of Texas at Arlington