Stacked area chart of annual premature deaths from household indoor air pollution by region, showing trends from 1990 to 2023 where total deaths fall from about 4.5 million in 1990 to about 3 million in 2023, driven mainly by large reductions in Asia and Africa. Smaller shares come from Europe, North America, South America and Oceania. Data source: IHME, Global Burden of Disease (2025). License: CC BY.

Indoor air pollution causes almost three million premature deaths every year—

Most of the world's poorest people still rely on solid fuels — such as crop waste, dung, wood, and charcoal — for cooking and heating.

Understanding the Neuro-Cognitive Mechanisms of Orthographic Learning in Humans and Baboons: A Comparative Study Using Domain-Specific Neuro-Cognitive and Domain-General Connectionist Models - Computa... Computational Brain & Behavior - Script is a fundamental cultural technology for preserving and communicating thought. Mastering literacy is thus essential for accessing these thoughts and...

Happy to share that my recent paper with @benjamingagl.bsky.social "Understanding the Neuro-Cognitive Mechanisms of Orthographic Learning in Humans and Baboons" is now published in Springer Nature: Computational Brain and Behavior (link.springer.com/article/10.1...)

Global cooperation is under pressure. Climate progress is uneven. What helps decisions move forward?

Our 2025 annual report shows how research is shaping decisions and outcomes across countries, sectors and systems.

Start here 👉 sei.org/annual-report-2025/

Student evaluations of teaching: a comparative analysis of positive and negative perspectives in the academic discourse Student Evaluations of Teaching (SET) are ubiquitous in higher education. They were initially designed as a tool to enhance teaching quality, but their use has, over time, shifted towards administr...

Student evaluations of teaching: a comparative analysis of positive and negative perspectives in the academic discourse
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

How “Highways” in the Brain Help Young Children Form Plurals How “Highways” in the Brain Help Young Children Form Plurals

Have you ever heard a #child proudly say “Schau mal, zwei Hünde!” What sounds amusing to us shows how hard forming plurals is for a 3yo. Cheslie Klein, Charlotte Grosse Wiesmann & Angela Friederici show how maturation of #neural pathways in 🧠 is linked to form plural of #words.
tinyurl.com/2mm5y5sy

Why do children need friends? Friends can protect youth from the effects of peer victimization

"Children with close friends are less depressed, which speaks to our inherently social nature as human beings."

Friends can protect youth from the effects of peer victimization, say Jonathan Santo and Josafá da Cunha. #ChildDevelopment
boldscience.org/why-do-child...

Data Ranking Archive – 2026 December 2026 November 2026 October 2026 September 2026 August 2026 July 2026 June 2026 May 2026 April 2026 March 2026 February 2026 January 2026 Other climate year statistics: Data Archive –…

#Arctic climate rankings are now updated for March 2026: zacklabe.com/archive-2026/. Unfortunately, data is not available for sea-ice volume this month.

#SciComm #DataViz #OpenScience #OpenData

ACAMH journal card for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH). Title: Prospective association of device‐based physical activity and sedentary time during childhood with mental health outcomes during adolescence. Authors: Werneck, Liang, Smith et al.

📄 In #CAMH: Prospective association of device‐based physical activity and sedentary time during childhood with mental health outcomes during adolescence
👉 doi.org/10.1111/camh...
#MentalHealthResearch

Student Perspectives on Experiential Learning During An Online Primary Progressive Aphasia Group Purpose: Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a language-led dementia that impacts a person's ability to communicate. Speech-language pathologist...

Authors developed a program to prepare students in communication sciences and disorders to work with people with primary progressive aphasia. Learn how this program increased students' confidence, knowledge, and skills! https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2026_PERSP-25-00174 @ubc-sass.bsky.social

How can we tell when behaviour signals #trauma, not just a neurodevelopmental difference? Dr Georgina Parkes discusses recognising #PTSD & #complexPTSD in children with #intellectualdisability & #autism, drawing on clinical examples & reviewing literature. https://bit.ly/41rNHBP

In this podcast, @drjanegilmour.bsky.social & @umartoseeb.bsky.social take a deep dive into #TourettesSyndrome - discussing everything from neurological & functional #tics to how we can all respond with greater empathy & understanding. https://bit.ly/4shXLce

1️⃣ Juuri julkaistu Amnestyn vuosiraportti analysoi 144 maan ihmisoikeustilannetta. Se piirtää maailmasta synkän kuvan.

Vuosiraportti ei enää ainoastaan varoita kansainvälisen järjestelmän romahduksesta, vaan dokumentoi sen tuhoisia seurauksia.

Lue lisää: www.amnesty.fi/luisu-kohti-...

420 million hectares – that's how much forest the UN estimates was destroyed between 1990 and 2020, much of that burned away

Forests are the lungs of our planet, and home to countless species

Healthy forests can protect us from the worst of the climate crisis – but only if we protect them

The Fossil Fuel System Is Collapsing – and Taking Civilisation’s Safety Net With It The Iran war is accelerating an irreversible breakdown of a system on which every hospital, harvest and factory depends - and only a rapid transition to energy superabundance can save us, argues Nafee...

The fossil fuel system was already collapsing before the Iran war. The conflict has accelerated it.

Read @sddecleve.bsky.social, @nafeezahmed & Divyesh Desai's new piece in @bylinetimes.bsky.social on what this means, and the way forward to energy superabundance.

Collage of people, flowers, globe, books, butterflies with text: We are now awakening to the reality that we are participants with distinctive responsibilities in a longer journey. David Korten, Member of the Club of Rome and President of the Living Economies Forum

How can we find our place, purpose and responsibility in a living, evolving cosmos?

In a new paper, David Korten, member of the Club of Rome, explores the cosmological and spiritual foundations of an Ecological Civilisation ➡️ vist.ly/4y224

Nordic Seas Overturning Circulation strengthens as Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation weakens, new study 20/04/2026 –A new modelling study identifies a feedback mechanism suggesting that a strengthening of the Nordic Seas Overturning Circulation (NOC) could be a direct consequence of the Atlantic Meridio...

🆕 While the #AMOC is showing signs of slowing down, its Nordic branch #NOC is projected to strengthen. @sasha-roewer.bsky.social, @willemh.bsky.social, @rahmstorf.bsky.social et al have now identified a mechanism that links these seemingly opposing trends: www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...

Oli #pandemiaPerjantai ja uudet @thlfi.bsky.social #jätevesi #SARS-CoV2 datat, mutta en saanut perjantaina kaavioita tehtyä, pahoittelut viiveestä. Tässä tulokset:
- virusmäärät ovat hyvin alhaisia, viitaten talven epidemian hiipumiseen
- toivottavasti suvanto kestää pitkään

Nordic overturning increases as AMOC weakens in response to global warming Abstract. The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is weakening in response to global warming, while the Nordic Seas Overturning Circulation (NOC) is projected to strengthen. So far, the...

Breaking: our new study just published shows that a stable or strengthening ocean current into the Nordic Seas is not a sign of a stable Atlantic overturning #AMOC. On the contrary, it is a physically expected result of an AMOC weakening. 🌊
Open access: os.copernicus.org/articles/22/...

Rediscovering Knowledge as the Key to Reading Two champions of knowledge-rich instruction reflect on its current momentum

New article from E. D. Hirsch and me on (1) the evidence for the importance of knowledge in reading; (2) why it’s taken so long for people to acknowledge the evidence; (3) what we predict if the role of knowledge is taken seriously. www.educationnext.org/rediscoverin...

Global Atmosphere Watch monitors the pulse of the planet.

Close to 300 experts from 70 countries part of this network meet at WMO Headquarters to assess progress and chart the future of translating research science into usable services that save lives & protect livelihoods.

📰 bit.ly/4caFPLe

Our original 2015 paper is this: www.nature.com/articles/ncl...
And an accessible introduction to the Atlantic overturning circulation known as #AMOC for non-experts can be read here:
tos.org/oceanography...

Designing a Course That Develops Students’ Metacognition By shifting their focus to the process of learning instead of the product, students are encouraged to develop critical cognitive competencies.

Want students to focus on the *process* of learning, not the product? 🧠 Here’s how to structure a course around cognitive competencies, instead of traditional academic products like projects or essays.

The ocean continued to warm in 2025, reaching record high levels.

It is expected that the ocean will continue to warm well into the future – a change which is irreversible for hundreds to thousands of years.

Check out the #StateOfClimate 2025: bit.ly/StateOfClima...

Join Anna Biavati as she reframes #selectivemutism as a protective nervous system response, not a speech problem. Discover how safety and connection unlock communication before words.

🎤 A must-watch for anyone supporting children with selective #mutism. Book now to attend! https://bit.ly/4jPSvJu

Scientists warn of greater uncertainty in future of Atlantic Current - Oceanographic Research suggests the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation may weaken more and sooner than expected, using improved climate models.

Scientists warn of greater uncertainty in future of Atlantic Current

Improved models using ocean temperature and salinity data reduce uncertainty and suggest greater potential climate impacts ahead.

oceanographicmagazine.com/news/scienti...

The CAST Briefing 46 cover, dated April 2026. An aerial photograph shows the ruins of Flint Castle in Flintshire, Wales. The landscape has tidal flats, winding paths through green fields, and the ruins of a historic castle in the foreground. The main title reads: “Helping local authorities make decisions that benefit people and the planet: Trialling an integrated assessment tool in Wales.” A boxed section labelled “Key messages” appears below, followed by the CAST Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations logo and organisational text at the bottom.

New CAST Briefing: "Helping local authorities make decisions that benefit people and the planet: Trialling an integrated assessment tool in Wales", by Dr Angela Mae Minas 📣

Read the briefing: cast.ac.uk/wp-content/u...

Key messages thread 🧵

The Influence of Language and Cognition on Intervention Effects in Young Autistic Children: A Meta-Regression Analysis Background: Young autistic children have a range of language and cognitive abilities and, as a result, may differentially benefit from interventi...

Young autistic children have a range of language and cognitive abilities and, as a result, may differentially benefit from interventions supporting skills in these and related domains.

https://on.asha.org/4mzOB9d

Sometimes it's hard to understand the causes of climate change. While the basic idea -- we emit greenhouse gases, which warm the planet -- is well known, it's easy to get lost in the details.

But here's a summary with some more detail -- showing the fundamental sources & sinks of warming pollution.

What to Know About the Cicada SARS-CoV-2 Variant This JAMA Medical News article discusses the unusual trajectory of BA.3.2, the most recent version of SARS-CoV-2 to be designated a Variant Under Monitoring by the World Health Organization.

Everything known about the hyper-mutated BA.3.2 variant ("Cicada") of #SARSCoV2. While there's no cause for alarm, continued genome surveillance of this virus is essential.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Most endangered marine mammals face highest plastic risk Three quarters of marine mammals in the highest-risk category for plastic ingestion and entanglement are already classified as threatened

🌊 Three out of every four marine mammals in the highest-risk category for plastic ingestion and entanglement are already classified as threatened.

oceanographicmagazine.com/news/most-en...