This fall, researchers from The University of Texas at Arlington will launch an ambitious study to explore how teens’ everyday experiences on social media may shape their mental health and potential substance use.

A groundbreaking new study offers unprecedented insights into the incel (involuntary celibate) community, uncovering critical facts that challenge prevailing stereotypes and expand our understanding of this controversial subculture.

Min-Young Kim of the University of Kansas conducted a study in which she observed how an 8th grade English language arts class studied a poem. By using practices like "languaging," thinking aloud and holding students accountable for how they thought about material, the researcher found the class and teacher worked together to form their own social constructions of thinking. The findings show students are not always simply recipients of information from teachers, but engage more depply when they contribute on how a class thinks about subject matter.

The astronomical records of imperial China are some of the most comprehensive archives in the history of science, spanning over two millennia, from 221 BC to 1911 AD, and providing detailed insight into phenomena ranging from comets to the rate of rotation of the Earth. A new article in Isis: the Journal of the History of Science Society examines these records and demonstrates the pivotal part they played in shaping the astronomy practices of premodern China, highlighting the archive’s role as an arena of historical consciousness and cross-generational collaboration.

The virtual quiz game Tango pairs Democrats and Republicans on common teams, where bipartisanship quickly emerges as their competitive superpower. “It’s really the opposite of the nasty, divisive posting you find on social media,” offered Tango co-creator Joshua D. Greene, a professor of psychology and co-author of new study measuring the game’s impact.