Mary Elizabeth Sutherland

Immigrant–native pay gap driven by lack of access to high-paying jobs - Nature Data from nine European and North American countries reveal that the disparity in earnings between immigrants and natives is largely a result of segregation of immigrant workers into lower-paying jobs...

Why is it that immigrants tend to make less money than natives? a recent @nature.com paper shows it's primarily due to immigrants' lack of access to high-paying jobs 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The brain fires up immune cells when sick people are nearby When people viewed virtual avatars with coughs or rashes, their brains triggered an immune response.

Or for those with less time, @nature.com's news coverage of the research can be found here: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Neural anticipation of virtual infection triggers an immune response - Nature Neuroscience Serino et al. show that seeing an infectious avatar approach the body in virtual reality triggers an immune response, indicating that the brain prepares the body to fight infections even for perceived...

Did you know that seeing virtual avatars with coughs or rashes can trigger your brain's immune response? Read more in this fascinating Nature Neuroscience paper @natureportfolio.nature.com 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A generic non-invasive neuromotor interface for human-computer interaction - Nature A high-bandwidth neuromotor interface offers performant out-of-the-box generalization across people.

I find this so cool: you can control a computer via a wristband, and performance actually generalizes across people. Read more in this recent @nature.com paper 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Don’t sleepwalk from computer-vision research into surveillance The output of computer-vision research is overwhelmingly aimed towards monitoring humans. The potential ethical implications need more scrutiny.

and in an editorial www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Is AI watching you? The hidden links between research and surveillance Hear the biggest stories from the world of science | 25 June 2025

For those who prefer to listen, this study was also featured on our podcast www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Computer-vision research powers surveillance technology - Nature An analysis of research papers and citing patents indicates the extensive ties between computer-vision research and surveillance.

Did you know that most of the research done on computer vision ends up powering surveillance? If not, read the @nature.com paper 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I'm so proud to see this great paper finally published in @nature.com!

An aspirational approach to planetary futures - Nature The Nature Relationship Index offers a new way to measure and engage human aspirations to shape a better future for people and all life on Earth.

What do you think about the idea of a "Nature Relationship Index" to measure the progress of nations "towards delivering mutually beneficial relationships among people and the rest of the living world"? (full paper published in @nature.com) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Boys surpass girls in maths in the first year of school A gender gap in mathematical ability arises shortly after children begin school — irrespective of the type of school they attend and their socio-economic background.

I was going through my open tabs and realized I forgot to highlight this great News & Views in @nature.com by John List and Andrew Simon discussing @standehaene.bsky.social et al's paper showing that a gender gap in math arises soon after children begin school 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Is AI powering Big Brother? Surveillance research is on the rise The majority of papers and patents in a subfield of AI enable surveillance, according to a new study.

and a video from our podcast and video team www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Computer-vision research is hiding its role in creating ‘Big Brother’ technologies Technologies that can interpret imagery have many potential applications. An innovative study of papers and patents in the field suggests one use case that overrides the others: human surveillance.

It's accompanied by a great news and views as well www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Computer-vision research powers surveillance technology - Nature An analysis of research papers and citing patents indicates the extensive ties between computer-vision research and surveillance.

I've been behind on posting, but wanted to highlight a paper published in @nature.com last month describing how computer vision research ends up powering surveillance technology 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

How to make America healthy: the real problems — and best fixes The United States has lower life expectancy than most similarly wealthy nations. Chronic disease is part of the cause, but so are guns, drugs and cars.

It's true that America's life expectancy is low for its wealth. Why? Chronic disease is part of the cause, but so are gune, drugs and cars reports a @nature.com news feature 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The science of protests: how to shape public opinion and swing votes Demonstrations are on the rise, and scientists are revealing which types work best.

Are protests an effective way of driving change? a @nature.com news feature summarizes the research on which types work best 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Rapid emergence of a maths gender gap in first grade - Nature Boys and girls exhibit very similar maths scores upon school entry, but a gender gap in favour of boys becomes highly significant after 4 months of schooling, which increases with years of schooling,&...

Do girls and boys really differ in their mathematical skills? A recent @nature.com paper by @standehaene.bsky.social et al shows that French boys and girls enter school with similar abilities, but after just four months, boys pull ahead 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

An instantaneous voice-synthesis neuroprosthesis Nature - A brain-to-voice neuroprosthesis enables a man with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis to synthesize his voice in real time by decoding neural activity, demonstrating the potential of...

I found this @nature.com paper so inspiring: It describes how the thoughts of a man with a severe speech difficulty can be instantaneously translated not just into speech, but expressive thoughts and song! 🧪 urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...

How to speak to a vaccine sceptic: research reveals what works Hesitancy about vaccinations is on the rise, but studies show there are specific ways to address people's questions.

I am definitely biased in favor of @nature.com 's publications but found this recent news feature "how to speak to a vaccine sceptic" particularly timely and important 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Small-scale fisheries Small-scale fisheries contribute to the food and nutritional security of a large share of the world population.

Small-scale fisheries contribute to the food and nutritional security of a large share of the world’s population, so @nature.com and the @natureportfolio.nature.com have put together a collection of papers from a collaboration between FAO, Duke, Stanford & WorldFish 🧪 www.nature.com/collections/...

The history and future of resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging - Nature This Review provides an overview of the history of resting-state functional MRI research, which has helped to reveal the spatiotemporal organization of the brain, and discusses how it can contribute f...

I'm celebrating my Friday by reading this recent review published in @nature.com by @lucinauddin.bsky.social and Bharat Biswal on the history and future of rsfMRI. It's a great read for anybody interested! 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The pivot penalty in research - Nature An analysis of millions of scientific papers and patents reveals a ‘pivot penalty’ when researchers shift direction, with the impact of studies decreasing rapidly the further they move from their prev...

What happens when scientists leave their original research theme to explore a new field? A new @nature.com paper by @dashunwang.bsky.social et al quantifies this "pivot" and shows that it comes at a cost: work in new fields receives relatively fewer citations 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Renewal of NIH grants linked to more innovative results, study finds Survey of hundreds of scientists’ work suggests that cutting off funding disrupts focus and reduces the novelty of research.

It's not surprising to see that cutting off funding disrupts science and impacts its novelty, but I think it's important that this is documented and shared 🧪 . For more see the news coverage in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Sequence diversity lost in early pregnancy - Nature Around 1 in 136 pregnancies is lost due to a pathogenic small sequence variant genotype in the fetus.

It's devastating to lose a pregnancy. Now new research in @nature.com identifies the parental and meiotic origins of chromosomal abnormalities that can lead to pregnancy loss 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Global impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by dark diversity - Nature A comparison of alpha diversity (number of plant species) and dark diversity (species that are currently absent from a site despite being ecologically suitable) demonstrates the negative effects of re...

It's not surprising, but still sad to see the estimates from this @nature.com paper showing the negative correlation between local plant diversity and the level of anthropogenic activity www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Global Flourishing Study – Wave I The Global Flourishing Study is a longitudinal project gathering nationally representative, multidimensional well-being data from more than 200,000 people in ...

Insights into whether people from different cultures & societies from around the world are flourishing are shared in papers from the Global Flourishing Study, published across @natureportfolio.nature.com @biomedcentral.bsky.social @springernature.com 🧪https://www.nature.com/collections/eaeicjffaf

Psychedelics reduce fear by targeting immune cells that modulate brain cells Immune cells boost stress-linked fear responses by communicating with brain cells. One way that psychedelics lessen such fear is by modulating this interaction.

it's accompanied by an excellent News and Views, which summarize the findings and put them in context (and is a great read for non-experts like myself :) www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Psychedelic control of neuroimmune interactions governing fear - Nature Inflammatory monocytes in the brain meninges promote stress-induced fear behaviour, and the pathways involved can be modulated using psychedelic compounds.

How do psychedelics reduce fear? They modulate the interaction between immune cells, which boost stress-linke fear responses by communicating with brain cells shows a @nature.com paper 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Memories of a cold place trigger bodily responses to warm up Neurons involved in forming memories of a cold environment communicate with the part of the brain that regulates metabolic responses to cold stress.

For those with less time, the paper is accompanied by an excellent News and views: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Cold memories control whole-body thermoregulatory responses - Nature Cold-sensitive engrams contribute to learned thermoregulation in mice that are returned to an environment in which they previously experienced a cold challenge, through a network formed betw...

We all know how powerful memories can feel, but new work published in @nature.com shows that the memory of being exposed to cold conditions in a specific environment can alter a mouse's whole-body metabolism 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The neurons that mediate a psychedelic’s long-term antidepressive effects The psychedelic psilocybin’s beneficial behavioural action depends on the activation of pyramidal-tract neurons in the frontal cortex.

For those with less time, the authors put together a great research briefing www.nature.com/articles/d41...