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Social Sciences Apr 2, 2025

What parents need to know to talk to their children about the manosphere

The success of Netflix drama Adolescence, along with concerns about misogynistic influencers such as Andrew Tate, has brought the "manosphere" into public discussion.

Social Sciences Apr 2, 2025

'Adolescence' on Netflix: A painful wake-up call about unregulated internet use for teens

In the Netflix series "Adolescence," we have no idea why Jamie Miller (Owen Cooper) is arrested at the beginning of the first episode. The tension from seeing a helpless 13-year-old boy escorted to a police station and interrogated ...

Education Apr 2, 2025

Trips to the playground and jigsaw puzzles: Five surprising ways to help children learn to write

It's a milestone that leaves parents beaming with pride: the first time their child shakily writes out their own name. And it's the start of many more key childhood moments, from Christmas lists to writing their own stories.

Cell & Microbiology Apr 2, 2025

New antibiotic triggers self-destruction in drug-resistant gonorrhea bacteria

Researchers from the universities in Konstanz and Vienna have discovered a new class of antibiotic that selectively targets Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the bacterium that causes gonorrhea. These substances trigger a self-destruction ...

Social Sciences Mar 27, 2025

Smartphone bans alone fail to equip children for healthy use of technology, say experts

Banning smartphone and social media access alone fails to equip children for healthy use of technology, argues a group of international experts in The BMJ.

Social Sciences Mar 27, 2025

Kids and the internet: How our new tool assesses children's 'digital maturity'

Technology is so ingrained in our lives that most children today are "digital natives." Indeed, they might "speak" digital before they even learn a language, and digital natives are often asked to educate older "digital immigrants," ...

Earth Sciences Mar 26, 2025

New research sheds light on earliest days of Earth's formation

New research led by a York University professor sheds light on the earliest days of Earth's formation and potentially calls into question some earlier assumptions in planetary science about the early years of rocky planets. ...

Social Sciences Mar 26, 2025

What works to prevent violence against women? Here's what the evidence says

Journalist and activist Jess Hill's Quarterly Essay argues Australia's primary prevention framework to end violence against women isn't working.

Analytical Chemistry Mar 26, 2025

Unlocking the potential of the heavy atom effect in metal clusters

Photoluminescent materials are more than just the glow-in-the-dark stars your parents glued to your bedroom ceiling as a child. Photoluminescent materials are widely used in applications ranging from medical imaging to TV ...

Education Mar 25, 2025

Questionnaire that measures musicality in children can provide targeted support in education

Children's musical abilities develop at different rates and not always to the same extent. But what factors play a role? Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics (MPIEA) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, ...

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