A new study reveals how literacy fundamentally rewires the human mind, sharpening memory, focus, and face recognition.

University of Washington researchers built PaperTok, an AI system that converts academic papers into short-form videos with editable scripts, storyboarded scenes, and author credits ...

Amid a national push to reduce screen time in schools, elementary and middle school students report less of their free time is spent reading. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access ...

New HarperCollins study finds that daily reading for pleasure among five- to 17-year-olds fell from 39% in 2012 to 25% in 2025 The “relentless” focus on measuring literacy progress in schools has ...

Richard M. Ransohoff is venture partner at the health care investment firm Third Rock Ventures and serves on the board of directors and research advisory committee of the American Brain Foundation.

Young people in France now spend far more time on screens than on books, with the gap widening sharply in recent years, the CNL's survey of 7 to 19-year-olds shows. The study found young people spend ...

When holidays or pandemics shut down schools, gender differences in children's reading habits widen; boys stop reading, while girls continue, according to a new study from the University of Copenhagen ...

Pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT) — commonly used to reverse the insufficient secretion of pancreatic enzymes, or pancreatic exocrine insufficiency (PEI) — showed benefit in the treatment ...

Every January, many of us resolve to finally read more. A new book appears on the nightstand, an audiobook gets downloaded, or we dust off an old library card. We keep finding our way back to it ...

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Preteens using increasing amounts of social media perform poorer in reading, vocabulary and memory tests in early adolescence compared with those who use no or little social media. That's according to ...