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Anesthesia: A Poetic Journey through Silence and Science
Full text linkBeneath the lights of silver hue,
Where voices soften, fading too,
A breath is drawn, a mask is near—
“Just count to ten, there's naught to fear.”
The world begins to twist and slide,
As reason slips beneath the tide.
A hush descends, the soul is free—
Welcome now to anesthesia
Revolutionary Medicine in the Next Decade
Full text linkThe next decade will mark a turning point in the history of medicine, as multiple technological and scientific advances converge to reshape how disease is understood, prevented, and treated. Personalized and precision medicine, enabled by genomics, proteomics, and microbiome profiling, will allow earlier interventions tailored to individual biology. Artificial intelligence will augment physician decision-making, while gene editing, regenerative medicine, and immunotherapy promise curative therapies once unimaginable. Digital health technologies and telemedicine will shift care from hospitals into daily life, expanding access and democratizing expertise. Advances in mental health, neuroscience, and microbiome research will further broaden the therapeutic landscape. Yet these breakthroughs bring ethical, social, and economic challenges, from equity of access to regulation and sustainability. Revolutionary medicine will succeed only if it balances innovation with compassion, ensuring that its benefits reach all people. The next decade will define not only medicine’s future but humanity’s relationship with health
Eye-Tracking Technology in Science Education: A Systematic Review
Full text linkEye-tracking technology is increasingly used in science education research, but its benefits and potential insights remain debated. This review explores its value and limitations through an analysis of its applications in the field. We reviewed 103 eye-tracking studies published between 2014 and 2025 to examine research areas and topics, instrument usage, participant demographics, interpretations of eye-movement indicators, and data processing methods. Results indicate that: (1) Eye-tracking has consistently attracted attention in science education over the past decade, with findings published in cognitive psychology, science education, and educational technology journals;(2) The three most studied topics are Classroom Contexts and Learner Characteristics, Students’ Conceptions and Conceptual Change, and Teaching;(3) Participants were predominantly higher education students, with most studies involving fewer than 120 participants, and the largest subset involving 30-50 participants;(4) Tobii, SR Research, and SMI are the most frequently used eye-tracker brands;(5) The division of AOIs mainly depends on research objectives and experimental tasks, with most based on functional attributes;(6) Eye-movement indicators fall into three categories: cognitive processing, attention distribution, and search strategies. Fixation count, total fixation time, and fixation duration are the most commonly used; (7) All studies used descriptive statistics, with some also incorporating emerging methods like complex network and entropy analysis
University Students’ Reasons When Deciding on Genetically Modified Agricultural Products
Full text linkSocio-scientific issues (SSI) are contentious social issues that relate to science and technology. Despite the fact that socio-scientific issues are typically seen as a single entity, they possess multifaceted characteristics. All university students, regardless of their major, should be prepared to analyze complex socio-scientific issues and educated as scientifically literate individuals. This study examined the reasons affecting university students’ decision-making regarding the production and use of genetically modified agricultural products. The survey, which included five positive and five negative reasons for the production and use of GMOs, was developed with consideration of the key dimensions of the SEE-SEP model (science, environment, economy, ethics and policy), which is developed for comprehensive understanding of the factors influencing individuals’ decision-making. The data were collected from 110 university students. The findings indicated that while 65% university students do not support GMOs 35 % support, regardless of their major. With respect to reasons, similarities and the differences are observed between supporters and non-supporters as well as between science and non-science majors. For both comparisons, science- and environment-based reasons were found to be the most effective in shaping university students’ decisions, followed by other reasons in differing orders. The implications are discussed for addressing SSI in college classes
The Lack of Standardized Chinese Reading Proficiency Assessment Tools in Chinese Basic Education: The Current State, Causes, and Solutions
Full text linkThe lack of established Chinese reading proficiency assessment tools at the basic education level has hindered the scientific evaluation and systematic cultivation of reading ability in Chinese students. The study describes the current state of reading proficiency assessment in China and analyzes the underlying causes of the lack of established reading assessment tools in Chinese basic education, which include education culture-related factors like the pervasive utilitarian attitudes towards reading and misconceptions of reading proficiency, technical issues like the complexity of the Chinese language, insufficient reading assessment data, and research limitations, and education policy-related factors, such as the delayed reform of the education evaluation system and the lack of relatively unified understanding of reading proficiency. Corresponding suggestions are also proposed to address these challenges
Socio-Scientific Issue-Based Instruction in Science Education Necessitates Unconventional Approaches
Full text linkSocio-scientific issues (ssis) are real-world questions that are scientific in nature but also involve social, ethical, economic, political and other concerns. decision-making for these issues, typically contentious and lacking easy solutions, requires multidimensional evidence and judgements. common ssis include the possibility of banning disposable plastic products, legitimacy of further developing nuclear energy, appropriateness of legalizing euthanasia, etc. incorporating ssis in the science education curriculum is deemed of vital significance in that it not only assists students in developing scientific literacy but also helps foster their morality, character, and senses of social responsibility (zeidler, 2014)
The Role of Gut Virome in the Overall Population Health
Full text linkThe gut virome, comprising viruses that inhabit the human gastrointestinal tract, has emerged as a crucial but often overlooked component of the microbiome. While bacteria have historically received the most attention in health research, viruses—particularly bacteriophages—play fundamental roles in shaping microbial ecosystems, modulating immunity, and influencing host physiology. The gut virome interacts with bacterial populations by regulating their abundance and diversity, thereby affecting metabolic pathways and gut homeostasis. Evidence also suggests that viral communities influence susceptibility to chronic diseases, including inflammatory bowel disease, obesity, diabetes, and even neurological disorders. Beyond individual health, the virome contributes to population-level resilience against pathogens by maintaining microbial balance and supporting immune adaptation. However, much of the gut virome remains uncharacterized due to technological challenges in sequencing and interpretation. Understanding its role in overall population health could open new avenues for diagnostics, preventive medicine, and therapeutic strategies aimed at promoting sustainable well-being
Examining Prospective Teachers’ Scientific Literacy and STEM Efficacy Beliefs
Full text linkThe research study focuses on prospective teachers’ scientific literacy and STEM efficacy beliefs. 105 prospective teachers from 2 universities participated in this research. For examining scientific literacy of participants, two components of science literacy (scientist and nature of science) were defined. A questionnaire, “science literacy scale “developed by the researchers and applied to participants first. Later, for the second component of scientific literacy, scientist and where and how he/she works, participants were asked to draw pictures. Finally, for STEM efficacy beliefs, “Prospective Teachers’ Self-Efficacy Scale towards Science-Technology-Engineering-Mathematics” was ap-plied. Data collected through scales were statistically analyzed and participants’ drawings about scientists and their work environment were scanned to be filed in computer. Drawings were open coded first and with the grouping of codes, themes were identified. Statistical analysis of science literacy scale and themes emerged from qualitative analysis were evaluated together to understand scientific literacy levels of the participants. In conclusion, prospective teachers have an average level of scientific literacy and neither gender nor department attended has significant change. Also, prospective teachers have slightly more than average STEM efficacy beliefs and neither gender nor department attended has significant change
Standardized Reading Assessment Tools: Indispensable, Though not without Limitations
Full text linkReading ability is fundamental to individuals’ academic success and lifelong learning as it plays a pivotal role in knowledge acquisition, thinking skill development, and even social participation. Reading is a complicated cognitive process, and reading ability is deemed an intricate construct, ranging from the mastery of lower-level processing like decoding skills to that of higher-level processing like reading comprehension (Sprenger-Charolles & Messaoud-Galusi, 2009). The issue of how to scientifically and systematically assess students’ reading proficiency has been a highly debated topic in the education research community. 
Eye Tracking Technology: A Potentially Potent Tool for Education Research
Full text linkFor human beings, the eye is the most vital tool for observing the world and obtaining information from the environment. At the same time, it is constantly revealing the mental state and activity of the individual via the direction, duration, and trajectory of its gaze, as well as its saccade frequency and the contraction and dilation of its pupil. Eye-tracking technology is to collect eye movement data using sensor technology and computer image processing (Sun et al., 2018). Typically, the eye tracker records eye movements and identifies gaze points by projecting an infrared or near-infrared light to the eye (Da Silva Soares et al., 2023). Early eye-tracking equipment was bulky and costly; nevertheless, with the advancement of technology, today’s eye-tracking devices have become more portable, cost-effective, precise, and as a result, increasingly popular in various fields, particularly in science research