A professional esports team’s voices in the minute before a match carried clues about whether it would win, according to a 2026 study of 89 Counter-Strike matches played by one 5-player team. Voice helped most when combined with the gap in team rankings.1 Research Highlights Voice plus ranking did best: a decision-tree model using 60 …
Sleep apnea often goes unnoticed in people with cancer, and a 2026 review argues that a closer look at the mouth, jaw and nose could help catch it. The researchers propose adding a dental and airway exam to standard sleep testing for adults with cancer.1 Research Highlights A proposal, not a trial: 3 dental researchers …
High-school students in Vietnam who slept worse reported slightly lower grades, according to a 2026 survey of 541 students in Grades 10 and 11. Shorter sleep carried most of that link, which shrank once fatigue and motivation were taken into account.1 Research Highlights A small link between sleep and grades: worse sleep scores went with …
College students who felt more academic stress and trusted AI more reported leaning harder on generative AI for their writing, according to a 2026 survey of 229 journalism students at 2 universities in China. Students with stronger AI literacy reported less dependence once other factors were taken into account.1 Research Highlights Stress had the strongest …
Advice on how parents and schools should guide children’s use of AI tools like ChatGPT is running well ahead of the evidence. A 2026 review found that only 8 of 46 studies it drew on included anyone under 18, and none measured home and school guidance in the same students.1 Research Highlights Mostly college students: …
College students who saw their AI learning tools as highly adaptive reported less enjoyment, more anxiety and more boredom during the semester, and weaker study self-management by its end, in a 2026 survey of 486 undergraduates in China.1 Research Highlights Less self-directed studying: a more adaptive-feeling AI environment at the start of the semester was …
College students who saw the rules on AI use as unclear, AI cheating as easy to get away with, and school guidance as thin reported more AI-assisted cheating, according to a 2026 survey of 863 undergraduates in Vietnam.1 Academic pressure, the usual suspect, did not show the expected link. Research Highlights Unclear rules went with …