1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1251+ words) There was a time when boredom was simply part of life. We waited for the bus without looking at a screen. We sat at a restaurant and talked to one another instead of scrolling. Children played outside be­­cause there…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (559+ words) We’re maxxing everything these days—looks, tokens, fibre—so why not sleep? The very practice of sleepmaxxing, or optimising for sleep, could be ruining it. And the proliferation of biometric tracking and wearables that promise to help users achieve perfect…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (262+ words) MELBOURNE: Researchers in Australia have uncovered a critical signaling pathway that controls the timing of brain development, shedding new light on how neurodevelopmental disorders may develop. The research, led by Australia's Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) and published in Nature…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (563+ words) BERLIN: By the end of 2022, more than 20 children had died taking part in the viral TikTok challenge in the space of a year and a half, according to one report. Four years later and amid widespread debate on introducing social…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (166+ words) Sept 2 (Reuters) - ⁠AI company Owkin said on Wednesday ⁠it has signed a licensing deal ‌with Germany's Boehringer Ingelheim, giving the drugmaker access to its AI research platform and patient data to speed ​up discovery of drugs for ⁠cancer and immunity-related…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (180+ words) Sept 1 (Reuters) - Oncology ⁠company Novocure said on Tuesday a cybersecurity ⁠incident involving unauthorized access to certain information ‌systems in mid-August exposed internal records of more than 1,400 U.S. patients. The breach adds to a growing number ​of cyberattacks on the…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (745+ words) Several canes made soft but distinctive clicking noises against the brick walkway in downtown San Juan Capistrano, California, United States recently. Ten students in the Beyond Blindness Next Steps summer camp, having enjoyed their lunch at an In-N-Out Burger, were…...

1+ mon, 18+ hour ago   (1324+ words) Many people want to reduce their screen time, but just can’t get themselves to do it. After all, our devices are filled with endless distractions and apps built to reward us like slot machines. And so an entire sector of…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1008+ words) LONDON: Many parents are worried about how much time their children are spending on screens, and whether it’s bad for them. But the reality is, research suggests they should be more concerned about the effect their own screen time is…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (457+ words) Conventional parenting wisdom may have just been upended. A new study from Finland found that children who have a higher amount of screen-time consumption were associated with better cognitive processing in their adolescence – offering another perspective on how parents should…...