Helen Pearson

2 weeks ago | nature.com | Helen Pearson |Benjamin Thompson

Download the 25 April long read podcastResearch shows that, over the past two decades, rates of mental illness have been increasing in adolescents in many countries. While some scientists point to soaring use of smartphones and social media as a key driver for this trend, others say the evidence does not show a large effect of these technologies on teenagers’ psychological health.

1 month ago | nature.com | Helen Pearson |Heidi Ledford

The first quarter of the twenty-first century has produced some huge scientific breakthroughs, ranging from the first mRNA vaccines and CRISPR-based gene-editing techniques to the discovery of the Higgs boson and the first measurements of gravitational waves. But you won’t find any of these advances described in the top-cited papers published since 2000. That is one of the findings of an analysis by Nature’s news team of the 25 most-cited papers published in the twenty-first century.

1 month ago | yorkshirepost.co.uk | Helen Pearson

A popular community fund, offered by leading housebuilder Miller Homes, is open once again for applications from charities and community groups in the Yorkshire area. Originally launched in autumn 2022, several charities, groups and even schools from across the region have benefitted with £25,000 being donated to date.

1 month ago | nature.com | Helen Pearson

There’s a book perched near the top of The New York Times bestseller list about what’s wrong with kids today. The Anxious Generation (2024), by psychologist Jonathan Haidt, argues that increasing time spent on smartphones and social media, at the expense of play, is rewiring the brains of children and adolescents and driving soaring rates of mental illness. It leapt to the top of the bestseller list when it was released a year ago and has sat there ever since.

2 months ago | scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org | Todd Carpenter |Helen Pearson |Phil Jones

There are many aspects to research integrity, from correctly attributing authorship to the creation of, or manipulation of data, to the application of large language models in writing the text. Each presents its own problems for policing the integrity of scholarly record. In turn, each has received significant attention recently as scholarly publishers grapple with their fundamental duty, which is to provide vetted, trusted research to the world.