The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a body of the United Nations, has long been at the forefront of climate science, regularly producing state-of-the-science assessments and possible solution pathways for policymakers.  In a first-of-its-kind ethnographic study, researchers from Indiana University Bloomington and Princeton University provide insights into the human and scientific dynamics that shape global climate assessments and sea level rise projections in the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report (AR6).  

The more time you spend on social media, the likelier you are to have come across a viral post that seems too strange to be true. Brief scientific literacy interventions, especially those that focus on critical thinking skills, may help to undermine conspiracy beliefs and behaviors before the conspiracy theories have a chance to take root, according to a team led by Penn State researchers.

Driven by rapid advances in technology and the ever-growing influence of the digital landscape, the art of caring for the physical body and the digital world are becoming increasingly intertwined. The field of cosmetic dermatology is no exception.

 

“The marriage of innovation, social media and telehealth consultations has changed how patients perceive and seek beauty and how they engage with dermatologists,” says

corresponding author Neelam Vashi, MD, associate professor of dermatology at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. “Technology should serve as a means of empowerment, that celebrates individuality and authenticity, not distortion.”

 

Her editorial in the Journal of Clinical Medicine, explores how dermatologists must learn to harness the power of technology while upholding the core values of safety, ethics and patient satisfaction.

Alcohol’s ability to increase people’s pain threshold is one reason that drinking also leads to more aggressive behavior, a new study suggests. Researchers found that the less pain that study participants felt after drinking an alcoholic beverage, the more pain they were willing to inflict on someone else.

The number of sex offences committed by strangers decreased significantly in the UK during the Covid-19 pandemic, new research shows. 

Social media and excessive screen time cannot solely be blamed for a rise in anxiety disorders in young people, according to a sociologist after extensive research.