Research Education
Each topic has its own articles and reference tables. Coverage describes what researchers examined, who participated, what they reported, and the limits of their findings.
Programs · Overwatch
Science leads our model.
Overwatch brings research, education, and scientific collaboration together to inform how we serve veterans, first responders, and the wider community.
In military operations, overwatch watches over another unit as it moves. Our science program carries that responsibility through evidence review, transparent reporting, and research that informs War Feather and 7.Actual.
How it works
Four responsibilities carry the work.
Overwatch is a continuing evolution around topic-specific research coverage, source references, and evidence assessments. Readers can examine a subject, follow its citations, and understand what the research has established and which questions remain open.
Evidence Assessment
Evidence assessments consider study methods, populations, limitations, and consistency across the available research. Findings, reported usage, and professional viewpoints are identified separately so readers can understand the basis of each statement.
Scientific Collaboration
We are building connections across academic institutions, researchers, longevity organizations, health systems, technology companies, food systems, policymakers, and government organizations. Those relationships will help develop research questions and bring relevant disciplines together to investigate them.
Program Evaluation
Experiences from War Feather and 7.Actual help identify questions about program content, delivery, and participation. Appropriately collected data and evaluations can inform further investigation, with consent, privacy protections, and oversight suited to the work.
What we study
Seven groups organize the research coverage.
Coverage examines daily practices, biological systems, therapies, recovery, environmental conditions, and measurement. Each topic includes source references and evidence assessments explaining what researchers studied, what they reported, and which questions remain open.
Lenses
- Understanding the platform
- Reading research
- Evaluating claims
- Applying scientific information to questions and conversations
Foundations
- Sleep
- Light and circadian health
- Diet and nutrition
- Hydration
- Exercise
Internal Systems
- Nervous system regulation
- Metabolic health
- The microbiome
- Hormone therapy
- Immune function
- Inflammation
- Brain health
Therapies and Frontier Research
- Psychedelic therapy
- Cannabis and CBD
- Peptides
- Longevity and healthspan
- Biohacking
Recovery and Resilience
- Pain management
- Social connection
- Community
- Substance moderation
Environment
- Air and water quality
- Chemical exposures
- Buildings and indoor conditions
- Biological hazards
- Agronomy
- Food systems
Measurement
- Consumer and medical devices
- Cognitive readiness
- Exposure tracking
- Autonomic and circadian measurement
- Psychological screening
- Musculoskeletal readiness
Articles in editorial review Research articles publish on Science & Research after editorial and source review.
War Feather, Overwatch and 7.Actual
How research and practice inform each other
War Feather contributes experience from a six-month cohort with partner-led care and weekly programming. 7.Actual contributes learning from educational resources used across households, communities, organizations, and teams.
Overwatch examines questions emerging from those settings alongside published evidence.
Research partners can help determine which questions warrant a study, how to investigate them, and what professional oversight is required.
Findings then inform the development, evolution, delivery, and evaluation of both programs. Their continued use generates further observations and questions.
What readers can expect
Sources must support the statements attached to them.
Where serious scientific or regulatory disagreements exist, reporting attributes the positions and examines their supporting evidence. Clinical findings, usage patterns, and viewpoints retain their separate meanings. Coverage will be reviewed as further research becomes available.
Each research summary records
- Examined
- What researchers examined
- Population
- Who participated
- Methods
- How the study was conducted
- Findings
- What the researchers reported
- Limitations
- The limits of those findings
- Source
- An evidence assessment linked to the underlying publication
Science & Research status
Overwatch is in development. Join our research updates or connect with our team about scientific collaboration.
Who it serves
Contribute to Overwatch
Overwatch is free to access. Grants and corporate partnerships will fund its development, research, and reporting.
Veterans, first responders, and households can use Overwatch to better understand subjects they encounter in health and performance discussions. Educators, organizations, and teams can use the coverage as a reference for learning and conversation. Journalists and policymakers can follow the evidence behind the reporting.
Researchers, clinicians, institutions, and professional contributors can examine the sources and discuss opportunities to contribute. Research partners can discuss study questions, methods, measurement, analysis, and publication.
Professional contributors can help with evidence review and educational coverage. Volunteers can discuss assignments suited to their qualifications.
Individuals and organizations can help fund research development, source review, education, and transparent reporting. Proposed partnerships will define the scope, responsibilities, resources, and reporting arrangements.
Overwatch provides education and reports research status. Evidence strength varies by subject, and findings retain the conditions and limits of the studies that produced them. Qualified professionals guide individual medical decisions, diagnosis, and treatment.