Explaining the piezoelectric effect is hard enough. But dancing it? Whoa, next level #scicomm!

Be sure to check out the winner of this year's Dance Your Ph.D. contest:
👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWHdiLdemXQ

It's inspiring, full of creativity, truly professional - and so much fun to watch!

And if you'd like some more, here are the rest of the category winners:
👉 https://www.science.org/content/article/and-winner-science-s-2026-dance-your-ph-d-contest

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Psychopathic tendencies may be present to some extent in all of us. New research is reframing this often sensationalized and maligned set of traits and finding some positive twists.

https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/mind/2023/psychopathic-path-to-success

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Some creatures can dramatically alter their internal temperature—a strategy called heterothermy—and outlast storms, floods and predators.

📝 Learn more about this in our recent article republished by Popular Science.

https://www.popsci.com/environment/the-strange-animals-that-control-their-body-heat/

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A recent survey highlights variation in the training credentials and experience across the burgeoning industry, which is mostly unregulated and unlicensed.

📝 Learn more about this in our recent article republished by Smithsonian Magazine

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/as-adhd-coaching-gains-popularity-researchers-stress-the-importance-of-careful-vetting-180988270/

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These stealthy survival tactics could teach us how to curb the widespread use of chemical pesticides in agriculture. But first, researchers must learn how seemingly helpless flora deploy this masterful strategy.

https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/food-environment/2023/natural-pest-control-plants-enlist-enemies-enemies

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As cells divide, they must copy all of their chromosomes once and only once, or chaos would ensue. How do they do it? Key controls happen well before replication even starts.

✍️ Amber Dance

https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2023/how-dna-is-copied

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Most of today’s psychotherapies are grounded in Western values. Researchers hope that tailoring treatments to patients’ cultural backgrounds will improve mental health outcomes. ✍️ Diana Kwon

https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/mind/2023/better-therapy-asian-americans

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Scientists are trying to name the qualities that make someone wise and figure out how to cultivate them.

✍️ Emily Laber-Warren

https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/mind/2026/what-is-wisdom-can-it-be-taught

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Yadav Ankit et al. (2026) #OrganicGeochemistry developed a robust dual-platform—liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry—analytical workflow with reliable isomeric assignments for #monosaccharide anhydrides as specific molecular #BiomassBurning tracers:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0146638026000525

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