Pupil Size Is a Marker of Intelligence

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June 02, 2021

Cognition Pupil Size Is a Marker of Intelligence There is a surprising correlation between baseline pupil size and several measures of cognitive ability By Jason S. Tsukahara,Alexander P. Burgoyne,Randall W. Engle

Space Is NASA about to Lift the 'Venus Curse'? Despite the best efforts of scientists eager to study Earth's sister world, U.S. efforts to send a dedicated spacecraft to Venus have languished. An imminent announcement could decide whether it will be years—or decades—before we go back By Robin George Andrews

Public Health Excess Deaths Reveal the Pandemic's Hidden Toll in Some U.S. Counties A detailed analysis suggests that COVID deaths and other pandemic-related mortality may have been significantly undercounted in the rural South and West By Tanya Lewis

Policy & Ethics As Health Care Workers, We Stand in Solidarity with Palestine Israel continues to deny Palestinians essential care and resources By Osaid Alser,Ariän El-Taher,Asmaa Rimawi,Sabreen Akhter,Nusheen Ameenuddin,Anand Chukka,Qaali Hussein,Bryan Leyva

Engineering New 3-D-Printed Material Is Tough, Flexible--and Alive Made from microalgae and bacteria, the new substance can survive for three days without feeding. It could one day be used to build living garments, self-powered kitchen appliances or even window coverings that sequester carbon. By Sarah Vitak | 05:23

Space NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Is Delayed--Again A Halloween launch for the space agency's long-awaited flagship observatory is all but certain to slip into mid-November or later By Chelsea Gohd,SPACE.com

Computing The U.S. Needs a National Strategic Computing Reserve One year after supercomputers worked together to fight COVID, it's time to broaden the partnership to prepare for other crises By Manish Parashar,Amy Friedlander

Public Health See People's Emotions as They Get Their COVID Vaccinations At a mass vaccination site in New Jersey, people got a shot of hope By Grant Delin,Robin Lloyd

Environment Pesticides Are Killing the World's Soils They cause significant harm to earthworms, beetles, ground-nesting bees and thousands of other vital subterranean species By Nathan Donley,Tari Gunstone

Policy & Ethics Biomedical Research Falls Short at Factoring in Sex and Gender Despite policies that endorse more inclusiveness, incentives work against including female subjects in experiments By Rebecca M. Shansky,Anne Z. Murphy

Policy & Ethics Biden Budget Includes Plan to Help Poor Buy Flood Insurance The money comes as FEMA looks to revamp its insurance program to better reflect flood risks By Thomas Frank,E&E News

Policy & Ethics Sexuality, Gender and Justice This Pride Month, discover the science supporting equality and antidiscrimination

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FROM THE ARCHIVE Eye-Opener: Why Do Pupils Dilate in Response to Emotional States? It has been said that the eyes are windows to the soul. Research has at least shown that the apertures of our eyes offer a glimpse into the mind By Joss Fong | December 2012

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