What the headline
is really saying.
Reporting, analysis, and human patterns, ordered by publication date and built to be read beyond the headline.
To learn more about our editorial approach, explore The Direct Message methodology. Open any group chat on your phone right now. Count the members, then count how many have sent a message in the last week. The ratio is…
To learn more about our editorial approach, explore The Direct Message methodology. Before you read this sentence, you saw it. You registered the sha…
The publishing industry didn't discover women readers — women readers built the market the industry is now racing to claim, and the risk is that the…
To learn more about our editorial approach, explore The Direct Message methodology. There's a coffee shop in Ranelagh, a neighborhood in south Dublin…
Your phone habits don't just signal your age — they reveal the communication norms you internalized during the period when technology was forming you…
A study of 293 infants found that parents' perception of financial insufficiency — not objective poverty, but the feeling of not having enough — corr…
New reporting reveals that the teen sleep crisis is driven far more by early school start times and biological circadian shifts than by screens — and…
A study of nearly 7,000 Americans found that people with higher levels of common airborne chemical metabolites in their urine reported more frequent…
The subscriptions you refuse to cancel aren't really about the services — they're about who you believe you are, and that identity is costing you mor…
A new machine learning study reveals ADHD is not a single condition — brain scans identify two structurally distinct subtypes with opposing gray matt…
A new study in Cognition and Emotion finds that vague trigger warnings cause more intrusive memories than no warning at all — while detailed warnings…
A new drug called zorevunersen has reduced seizures by up to 90% in children with Dravet syndrome, a devastating form of epilepsy — and early trial r…
A study of 600,000+ veterans found GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic reduced substance-related deaths by 50% across alcohol, opioids, cocaine, nicotine, and c…
A study of more than 600,000 veterans found that GLP-1 drugs — originally designed for diabetes and weight loss — cut substance use deaths by 50% and…
A landmark Nature study of nearly 5,000 X users found that the platform's algorithmic feed measurably shifts political opinions rightward — and switc…
A landmark Nature study of nearly 5,000 X users found that the platform's default algorithmic feed measurably shifts political opinions rightward — a…
