AI tools used to generate, edit or contextualise social media posts can introduce hidden biases that spread through online networks and shape public opinion, according to new research from the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) at the University of Oxford and the Hasso Plattner Institute at the University of Potsdam. 

People who speak more than one language seem to have younger brains, according to research presented at the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies Forum 2026. The new research found that the more languages people speak, the younger their brains appear. Learning an extra language at a younger age and learning to become highly fluent in another language also seem to slow brain ageing.

Research published this month in Psychedelic Medicine finds that the cultural moment surrounding a psychedelic experience may meaningfully shape its aftermath — with Independence Day standing out as a potentially unifying one.

University of Phoenix College of Doctoral Studies announces the publication of a new article by scholars Jennifer L. James, Ph.D., Karen Myers, DNP, and Olivia Miller, M.A., in the Journal of Educators Online. The article, “Studying Faculty Perceptions of Rigor in Online College Courses: Compromising or Accommodating? A Literature Review,” examines how faculty perceive academic rigor when teaching, grading and managing online courses for nontraditional students.

Employees’ biological clocks do more than determine when they reach for coffee; they fundamentally shape how, when, and why people help each other at work. A groundbreaking new study introduces the concept of "Time-Extension Self-Efficacy" (TESE) — an individual's belief in their ability to successfully wake up earlier or stay up later than usual. "Most people assume that time is experienced the same way by everyone. We all have 24 hours," said June Ryu, assistant professor of management at Portland State University and lead researcher. "But this research shows that morning people and night owls actually perceive their available time differently, and that difference drives when they choose to help others at work."