The word ‘dissociation’ has grown in popularity and become embedded in everyday language, but while the term has gained traction in popular culture and mental health advocacy, misconceptions persist – including some which are harmful, experts say.

Leading US tobacco brands are flouting platform and federal marketing policies designed to restrict young people’s access to their content on the popular social media platform Instagram, indicates research published online in the journal Tobacco Control.

Misty Heggeness, an economics and population data expert at the University of Kansas, has written "Swiftynomics: How Women Mastermind and Redefine Our Economy." The book examines the entertainment behemoth that is Taylor Swift and how her massive success illustrates the many ways that women survive and thrive in the American workforce, whether it is through billion-dollar headlining tours or work that is unpaid and often overlooked. The book aims to illuminate the contributions of women, share stories of succes and bring more women to the field, with rigid research, personal anecdotes, humor and examples of women doing great work every day.

Indiana University associate professor of Anthropology and Human Biology Michael Wasserman will use a $1 million National Science Foundation grant to continue research on how pesticides and other environmental chemicals interact with the endocrine system in primates and humans.