Natural Learners
Why do kids learn language so much better than adults?
Eye of the Beholder
Neuroaesthetics Center looks at how we feel about what we see.
Unleashing Hope
Drawing on groundbreaking immunotherapy techniques pioneered at Penn, the Vet School’s Nicola Mason is working toward a cure for bone cancer in dogs and children and to spark broader advances in the field of comparative medicine.
Good By Design
Despite all evidence to the contrary, “the world is getting better,” argues physician and sociologist Nicholas Christakis. It’s in our genes.
Amazing Scientific Finding! (Wanna Bet?)
Taking bets on research replicability pays off.
Engineered Spinal Discs
Penn team implants engineered spinal discs in goats.
Five Yard Solution
Kickoff rule change cut concussions.
Penn and Slavery
New studies detail how Penn benefited from slavery.
Beyond Labor: A Missing Piece in the Immigration Debate
Wharton study: immigrants boost investment and entrepreneurship.
Economic Miracle—and Money Pit?
What’s wrong with the domestic Chinese stock market?
A New Oldest Star
Visiting researchers discover most distant star yet.
Legal Aid for Climatologists
Lauren Kurtz L’10 G’12 defends climate science and climate scientists.
A #MeToo Moment for PTSD
Prolonged exposure therapy can help sexual assault victims.
Sea Lion Diplomacy
High schoolers mediate human-sea lion coexistence.
Phantom Concussions
Here’s what may have afflicted US diplomats in Cuba.
When William James Got Hungry
In an excerpt from his new autobiography, Penn psychology professor Martin Seligman tells the little-known story of the American Psychological Association’s annual meeting in 1904, held at Penn. Its reverberations were profound—for Penn psychology professor Edwin Twitmyer and for American psychology.