College commuters: Link between students’ mental health, vehicle crashes
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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 10-May-2025 20:09 ET (11-May-2025 00:09 GMT/UTC)
Young adults are at higher risk for crashes due to inexperience, risk-taking, and impaired driving. A study examines the link between commuter college students’ mental health and crash risk, highlighting the added impact on their education, especially in transit-limited South Florida.
María Gorosarri, a researcher at the Faculty of Social and Communication Sciences of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), has analysed the most important publications in the print and audio-visual media in Spain over the last five years for the purpose of drawing attention to the journalistic practices that perpetuate sexism, and formulating a definition of feminist journalism. The analysis found that objective professional journalism reproduces bad journalistic practices, such as the overrepresentation of men as the main protagonists and sources (up to 74% in the Spanish media, according to GMMP monitoring for 2020), and the failure to apply deontological documents on gender-based violence.
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development have identified who is most susceptible to online misinformation and why. Their meta-analysis reveals surprising patterns on how demographic and psychological factors—including age, education, political identity, analytical thinking, and motivated reflection—affect people’s ability to assess the accuracy of information. For instance, individuals with higher levels of education are just as likely to fall for misinformation as those with a lower level of education. The work, published in the journal PNAS, provides important information for theory building and designing interventions.
Students attending schools that ban the use of phones throughout the school day aren’t necessarily experiencing better mental health and wellbeing, as the first worldwide study of its kind has found that just banning smartphones is not enough to tackle their negative impacts.
DNA analysis, forensic ballistics, chemical and physical crime scene analysis, psychiatric and neurological assessments, and much more: in criminal trials, decisions often rely on complex scientific evidence. However, this information can be difficult to understand for those—such as jury members, randomly selected from the general population—who do not have a specific academic background. Crucial decisions are often made based on a brief oral explanation provided in court by an expert witness, which does not always ensure a comprehensive understanding of the subject. What communication tools can help jurors better evaluate this information, which has direct consequences on people’s lives? A study published in the Journal of Science Communication (JCOM) analyzed the effectiveness of comics as a tool for scientific communication in the courtroom, demonstrating that this approach improves jurors’ comprehension of forensic science.
Women health sector leaders are good for a nation’s wealth, health, innovation, and ethics, among other things, finds a review of the available evidence, published in the open access journal BMJ Global Health. Yet despite their unique and positive impact, they are a major underused resource, particularly in low and middle income countries, say the researchers, who call for more and sustained investment to maximise women’s potential and reap the benefits of their contribution.