Ritual Pain for Social Gain – Dimitris Xygalatas

Reddit’s 5th largest community

With over 22 million subscribers, Reddit's r/science community averaged 5.6 million unique users and 29 million page views in September 2019 alone - a reach larger than all the top ten US newspapers’ weekday circulations.

Reluctant ghostwriters

Half of early-career researchers report participating in peer-review process with mentors but not being credited in the article's byline.

Racism shortens African-Americans' lives and hurts their health

Twice as many Americans now underestimate the Black-White wealth gap than did in 1963.

Threats of climate change to children’s health

Children are growing up in a warmer world that will hit them with more and different health problems than their parents experienced.

Deep sleep rewires the anxious brain

While a sleepless night can trigger up to a 30% rise in anxiety levels, study shows that deep sleep can decrease anxiety overnight by reorganizing connections in the brain.

Prenatal exposure to pollution

Link found between air pollution and changes in the areas of the brain associated with disorders such as autism and ADHD.

Deadly queens

Governments led by queens participate in war more than those led by kings.