In striking new statistics, experts warn of social media's growing grip on young people, with use among children and teens soaring by more than 200% since before COVID and showing no sign of decline.
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Traveling on Africa's roads comes with many challenges. The biggest is arriving at your destination safely. The continent is one of the hotspots of global road trauma. Its traffic deaths account for about one-quarter of ...
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Teenagers all over the world use social media and messaging apps as part of their daily lives. This is accompanied by growing concerns about negative effects of social media on youth mental health—and ongoing debates around ...
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Nearly 36% of forcibly displaced adolescent girls and young women living in urban informal settlements in Kampala, Uganda, reported that their first sexual experience was nonconsensual—which, for many, marked the beginning ...
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Black student unions have been a vital part of many Black college students' lives for more than 60 years. But since 2024, Black student unions have lost their institutional support, campus space and funding with the rise ...
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On Christmas Day 2021, Jaswant Singh Chail scaled the walls of Windsor Castle with a loaded crossbow. When confronted by police, he stated: "I'm here to kill the queen."
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Have you ever wondered why a café opens in the next suburb, but not yours? Or found your favorite product available in one city but not another, even though it's the same supermarket?
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New research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) has highlighted the need for effective management and integration of new technologies in the workplace, in order to protect workers' psychosocial health.
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Forced displacement has surged in recent years, fueling a global crisis. Over the past decade, the number of displaced people worldwide has nearly doubled, according to the United Nations' refugee agency. In 2024 alone, one ...
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At first glance, helping those on the other side of a conflict seems like an act of compassion and progress. Yet new research from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem shows that even seemingly well-intentioned initiatives ...
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