"Preschoolers’ performance on an executive function task improves immediately after they play a simple 12-minute dance game." A game of 'freeze dance' or 'musical statues' may improve preschoolers’ working memory, says Melissa Hogenboom BBC. #ExecutiveFunction boldscience.org/how-movement-h…

Four Decades of Inquiry Into the Genetic Bases of Specific Reading Disability | Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research pubs.asha.org/doi/full/10.10…

Functional Connectivity Alterations in Developmental Dyslexia: A Meta‐Analysis of Task‐Based and Resting‐State fMRI Studies - Wang - 2026 - Developmental Science - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/de…

Is the Atlantic Ocean circulation close to tipping? Hear the latest science as I presented it last month at the ATLAS25 event in Helsinki. Let me know if anything is unclear or if you see good reasons why your government shouldn't immediately act on this. youtu.be/ULJXqOZuY-8

A shutdown of the AMOC, a crucial system of ocean currents, “cannot be considered a low likelihood risk anymore in view of the evolving science over the past years,” explains PIK scientist Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf 🌏 🦣 via CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/15/cli…

Truth or Trick? Exploring Fake News and Fake Accounts Online. 💻 My students are creating their own fake news and social media accounts in Lumio — a hands-on way to see how easy it is to fool the internet. Stay curious, stay critical👀! Lumio 💛 #GoLumio #DigitalLiteracy

Repeated infections are causing long-term immune disruption — and the signs are already showing up across populations. We break down the evidence, the context, and the urgent need for prevention in our latest piece. Read the full article here: whn.global/scientific/the…

“It is important to learn and practice critical thinking and civic engagement from a young age.” Aisha Schnellmann explains that educators can nurture children’s social responsibility by encouraging thoughtful classroom conversations. #EdChat #CivicLearning boldscience.org/how-to-deal-wi…

“This is the new extinction & we are half way through it. We are in terrible, terrible trouble & the longer we wait to do something about it the worse it is going to get.” Sir #DavidAttenborough No time to wait. #ActOnClimate #ClimateCrisis #climate #nature #renewables

Koko Ruotsin väestöä koskeva tutkimus: Covid lisää sydän- ja verisuonisairauksia ja kuolleisuutta. Kuka on vastuussa tartuntatautien ehkäisystä ja kansanterveyden edistämisestä nykyään? Sosiaali- ja terveysministeriö THL Sydänliitto HUS Helsingin yliopistollinen sairaala Suomen Lääkäriliitto Valtioneuvosto | Statsrådet SuomenEduskunta

Fossil fuels cause >75% of global warming. Every year we delay the transition accelerate,more floods, droughts, heatwaves. Cameroon already feels it: Lake Chad shrinking, floods in Far North, landslides in North West…

Your 'bonus moment of doom' for today: "When the planet heats up beyond 1.5 degrees, the impacts don't get just slightly worse. Scientists warn that massive, self-reinforcing changes could be set off, having devastating impacts around the world." npr.org/2025/11/19/nx-…

Children’s rights are human rights. Yet today, in too many places around the world, those rights are under attack. On Thursday's #WorldChildrensDay, take a closer look at the Convention on the Rights of the Child: unicef.org/child-rights-c… — via UNICEF

Three years after infection, the virus still leaves a fingerprint. The damage is clear - profound mitochondrial dysfunction in CD56bright NK and CD4 T cells - a problem that only appears when the immune system is pushed to respond.🧵

#COP30 update: I'm deeply concerned; national delegations have not set in motion a credible workplan for a global fossil-fuel phase-out / ending deforestation. With fellow scientists, we shared our scientific assessment with President Lula yesterday👇 planetarysciencepavilion.org/2025/11/19/sci…

A new review pulls the whole picture together. SARS-CoV-2 doesn’t just infect. It disrupts immunity at multiple levels - from interferons to inflammasomes to deep T-cell exhaustion. If you still think COVID is just a respiratory virus, this paper will change your mind🧵.

Social and emotional skills matter for how well adults do in their careers. New analysis from the latest Survey of Adult Skills links traits like conscientiousness, emotional stability, extraversion and openness to labour market success. Read more: oecd.org/en/publication…

Making Decisions: Analytics, Cognition, and Application by Harvey J. Langholtz This book links logical analysis with cognitive processes to determine optimal decision-making strategies in real-world scenarios. 📚 cup.org/3LQ24LF #psychology #cognition

Temperature Update for October 2025 Third warmest October in the instrumental record. Similar conditions to September. A weak La Niña returns in the Pacific. 2025 is very likely to be the 3rd warmest year. 🧵

Akuutit infektiot vaikuttavat neurologisten sairauksien puhkeamiseen myöhemmin. Olisiko aika alkaa puhua tästä ja ehkäistä infektioita? Sosiaali- ja terveysministeriö University of Helsinki UEF Brain Research Unit HUS Helsingin yliopistollinen sairaala Yle Uutiset MTV Uutiset Heljä Salonen