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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 23-Oct-2026 05:16 ET (23-Oct-2026 09:16 GMT/UTC)

28-Sep-2026

Historic fishery collapse holds lessons for the present

German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research Halle-Jena-Leipzig – iDiv e. V.
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A combination of climate change, overfishing, and social change caused the herring of the Sound to disappear.

Journal: Nature Sustainability

28-Sep-2026

Human-Computer Interaction in Industry 5.0: Innovation, Sustainability and the Future of Work

Bentham Science Publishers
Book Announcement

Bentham Books announces the release of Human-Computer Interaction in Industry 5.0: Innovation, Sustainability and the Future of Work, a multidisciplinary examination of how emerging technologies are reshaping the workplace.Bentham Books announces the release of Human-Computer Interaction in Industry 5.0: Innovation, Sustainability and the Future of Work, a multidisciplinary examination of how emerging technologies are reshaping the workplace.

27-Sep-2026

Why researchers believe screens are making us lonely

Taylor & Francis Group
Book Announcement

The most dramatic shift in human communication patterns in history is underway – the migration of social life onto screens – and researchers have issued stark warnings about the long-term impact on the health of our social species.

27-Sep-2026

“It’s okay to disagree”: KAIST suggests that a secure sense of attachment can help groups make better decisions

The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Peer-Reviewed Publication

- KAIST and Western University in Canada have examined how group attachment security shapes the expression and acceptance of minority opinions

- When relational worries ease, people can focus on the problem itself, expressing dissenting opinions in greater detail and more persuasively

- Majority members may also view securely-attached minority opinions as useful information, suggesting potential to reduce groupthink and improve decision-making

Journal: Scientific Reports
Funder: Institute of Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation, Ministry of Science and ICT

25-Sep-2026

“Public reputation” or “Personal experience”?

Rissho University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team led by Professor Hitoshi Yamamoto of Rissho University experimentally examined how people evaluate others when the public reputation of the person involved in an interaction conflicts with their own personal experience with that person. The study was published in the international journal Evolution and Human Behavior on September 14, 2026.

Journal: Evolution and Human Behavior
Funder: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

25-Sep-2026

Sage launches Disinformation: An Interdisciplinary Journal

SAGE
Business Announcement

Sage announces the launch of Disinformation: An Interdisciplinary Journal, a new peer-reviewed, open access journal examining how disinformation is produced, circulated, and understood across societies and cultures.

25-Sep-2026

Randomized trial finds Transcendental Meditation improves happiness, resilience and self-efficacy in rural Lebanese women

Maharishi International University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A randomized controlled trial of rural Lebanese women found that three months of Transcendental Meditation practice significantly increased happiness, resilience and self-efficacy while reducing perceived stress, according to research published in the peer-reviewed journal Women's Health.