Prostate cancer treatment is not always best option

Older ‘sandwich generation’ Californians spent more time with parents and less with grandkids after paid family leave law took effect

Joelle Abramowitz, University of Michigan

The law changed older adults’ caregiving behavior because their children became more able to take paid time off work to care for their own newborns.

Looking back toward cosmic dawn − astronomers confirm the faintest galaxy ever seen

Guido Roberts-Borsani, University of California, Los Angeles

The universe used to be filled with a hydrogen fog, before early stars and galaxies burned through the haze. Astronomers are studying galaxies that tell them about this period in the early universe.

Virtual reality has negative side effects – new research shows that can be a problem in the workplace

Alexis Souchet, University of Southern California

Trading in PC monitors for VR headsets can cause workers to experience dizziness, headaches and nausea. Researchers are beginning to understand why and what can be done to minimize the effects.

Cats first finagled their way into human hearts and homes thousands of years ago – here’s how

Jonathan Losos, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis

Natural selection changed just 13 genes to separate your Felix and Fluffy from their African wildcat ancestor.

Rhyme and reason – why a university professor uses poetry to teach math

Ricardo Martinez, Penn State

A math professor explains how he prepares future teachers to use poetry in their math instruction.

When Confederate-glorifying monuments went up in the South, voting in Black areas went down

Alexander N. Taylor, George Mason University

The drive to remove Confederate monuments links those monuments to modern racism. An economic historian shows that the intent and effect of those monuments from inception was to perpetuate racism.

Medical exploitation of Black people in America goes far beyond the cells stolen from Henrietta Lacks that produced modern day miracles

Deion Scott Hawkins, Emerson College

Medical exploitation is an often overlooked part of Black history and partly explains the mistrust that members of the Black community have for the medical industry.

Yellow jerseys of the fireline: A day fighting wildfires can require as much endurance as riding the Tour de France

Brent C. Ruby, University of Montana

Twenty-five years of research show what it takes to fuel wildland firefighters through an average day, and the toll the long seasonal work takes on their bodies.

The movie ‘Barbie’ has put the phrase ‘toxic femininity’ back in the news – here’s what it means and why you should care

Karrin Vasby Anderson, Colorado State University

Examining the understandings of what ‘toxic femininity’ means to people can reveal insights about gender, power and the impact of language on health.

Laughter can communicate a lot more than good humor – people use it to smooth social interactions

Should I kill spiders in my home? An entomologist explains why not to

Immune cells that fight cancer become exhausted within hours of first encountering tumors – new research