Across 27 countries, Većkalov and Geiger et al. find that scientific consensus messaging on climate change is an effective, non-polarizing tool for changing misperceptions, beliefs and worry but not support for public action.

Wu et al. show that involving citizens in local decision-making (participatory budgeting) improves civic engagement in a Chinese context.

Malanchini et al. find that non-cognitive skills increasingly predict academic achievement over development, driven by shared genetic factors whose influence grows over school years. These effects persist across socio-economic contexts and suggest the importance of fostering non-cognitive skills in education.

Analysing 2,605,224 papers spanning five decades from both the social sciences and the physical sciences, the authors examine how scientific knowledge grows. Their findings suggest that while the organization of scientific concepts is important for the growth of knowledge, the mechanisms vary across time.

Contier et al. show that dimensions are superior to categories at predicting brain responses to visual objects.

Frömer et al. show using EEG that stimulus-locked activity can mimic an evidence accumulation process when aligned to the response.

Do fact-checker warning labels work for those who distrust fact-checkers? Martel and Rand analyse 21 experiments and find that warning labels reduce belief in, and sharing of, false posts both on average and for those highly distrusting of fact-checkers.

Repetto et al. provide an analysis of the genetic basis of variation of neuro-related protein levels in plasma and link this to human behaviour and disorders.

Using a dataset spanning 74 countries, Pertl et al. show that emotions predict intertemporal and risky decision-making. These relationships are stronger in more economically developed and individualistic countries.

Across 27 countries, Većkalov and Geiger et al. find that scientific consensus messaging on climate change is an effective, non-polarizing tool for changing misperceptions, beliefs and worry but not support for public action.

Authors of COVID-19 papers produced during the pandemic were overwhelmingly not subject matter experts. Such a massive inflow of scholars from different expertise areas is both an asset and a potential problem. Domain-informed scientific collaboration is the key to preparing for future crises.

To prevent eating disorders in the LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer) community, we must enact safeguards for sexual and gender minority individuals to live in their bodies authentically, address stigma against and within the LGBTQ+ community, and fund research to develop a better understanding of the unique drivers of eating disorder behaviours and to tailor prevention efforts.

Climate-resilient development provides a framework to address the interlinked challenges of climate change, biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. We discuss how these global goals can be translated to the local scale so that local governments, businesses, communities and citizens can help to implement them.

On the centenary of the first human EEG recording, more than 500 experts reflect on the impact that this discovery has had on our understanding of the brain and behaviour. We document their priorities and call for collective action focusing on validity, democratization and responsibility to realize the potential of EEG in science and society over the next 100 years.

As AI tools quickly become more capable, multimodal and pervasive in daily life, it is important to actively collaborate with them in ways that promote — rather than inhibit — human skill development.