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Tiny metal figurines from Sardinia's Nuragic civilization in around 1,000 BC reveal extensive ancient Mediterranean metal trading networks

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Tiny metal figurines from Sardinia's Nuragic civilization in around 1,000 BC reveal extensive ancient Mediterranean metal trading networks

Journal: PLOS One

Indian new mums report better postpartum wellbeing when their own mum acts as their primary support - while women whose mother-in-law is the primary caregiver instead report significantly lower overall wellness

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Indian new mums report better postpartum wellbeing when their own mum acts as their primary support - while women whose mother-in-law is the primary caregiver instead report significantly lower overall wellness

Journal: PLOS One

Could robots help kids conquer reading anxiety? New study from the Department of Computer Science at UChicago suggests so

University of Chicago
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers explore how social robots can help create a more supportive environment for early learners. The study found that children showed fewer physiological signs of anxiety when reading to a robot rather than a human, offering new possibilities for classrooms and beyond.

Journal: Science Robotics

Young adult intelligence and education are correlated with socioeconomic status in midlife

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Educational attainment and intelligence, and to a smaller extent parental education and father’s occupational class, are associated with midlife socioeconomic status, according to a new study published September 10, 2025 in the open-access journal PLOS One by Erik Lykke Mortensen of University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Journal: PLOS One

Traditional and “existential” wellness vary significantly between US regions

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Northeastern and Midwestern residents tend to have higher physical, social, and financial—i.e., “traditional”—wellness, while Southern residents have higher “existential” wellness, involving a sense of purpose and community identity, per an analysis of survey data from more than 325,000 U.S. residents. David Samson of the University of Toronto, Canada, and colleagues present these findings in the open-access journal PLOS One on September 10, 2025.

Journal: PLOS One

The pandemic may have influenced the trainability of dogs, as reported by their owners

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Dogs reportedly became harder to train as the pandemic progressed, though this seemed to improve by the time it was ending, according to a study publishing September 10, 2025, in the open-access journal PLOS One by Courtney Sexton of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, U.S., Yuhuan Li of the University of Washington, U.S., and colleagues.

Journal: PLOS One

Equity implications of where long-term fossil fuel plants are located found to differ based on time period studied

Carnegie Mellon University
Reports and Proceedings

In a new study, researchers examined the relative contributions of siting decisions (i.e., where to locate infrastructure projects) and demographic shifts after projects are built to current disparities in exposure to polluting U.S. fossil fuel plants. The study found little evidence that plants were disproportionately located in counties with higher Black populations, on average. But it also found that the share of the Black population grew in the decades after the first fossil fuel plant was built in a county.

Funder: Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation at Carnegie Mellon

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