● 43% of Gen Z play games every day ● In-game reward systems to bad relationships with parents can be the cause of our gaming addiction. ● Being restless when not playing games is one of the signs of addiction. Almost every day, you spend time playing games . Game addiction even makes you forget the time, […] … learn more→
Why are we addicted to playing games?
Taking intermittent quizzes reduces achievement gaps and enhances online learning, even in highly distracting environments
Inserting brief quiz questions into an online lecture can boost learning and may reduce racial achievement gaps, even when students are tuning in remotely in a distracting environment. That’s a main finding of our recent research published in Communications Psychology. With co-authors Dahwi Ahn, Hymnjyot Gill and Karl Szpunar, we present evidence that adding mini-quizzes into an online lecture […] … learn more→
Educate yourself on true anti-aging technologies: Diet and exercise
I n a world captivated by miracle creams, trendy supplements, and promises of eternal youth, we often overlook the most powerful anti-aging technologies readily available to us: diet and exercise. The quest to slow aging and extend healthy lifespan has driven scientific research for decades, and the evidence consistently points to these foundational lifestyle factors […] … learn more→
Why the future of workplace mental health support may be self-guided online tools
Employee mental health, once a silent and often overlooked issue, has now become an urgent workplace concern. In Canada, the rate of depression and anxiety has doubled since the COVID-19 pandemic. The Mental Health Commission of Canada reports that one in five adults experiences mental illness, but stigma remains a significant barrier, with 60 per cent of those […] … learn more→
‘Olo’: the color never before seen by humanity
A team of researchers has just generated the perception of a new color they’ve dubbed “olo,” which apparently has never been seen before. The lucky winners were five people whose photoreceptors were stimulated with a laser. First of all, it’s important to clarify that colors don’t “exist” as such, since what we perceive in the retina, at […] … learn more→
Videos on TikTok and Instagram: A social learning process of self-presentation
Filming, editing, and posting videos on social media is now a central activity in young people’s social lives. But it’s also a complex, even dangerous, activity, especially for young women. What do they film, what don’t they film, and why? A look back at the findings of a survey. In an article dated March 12, 2025 , […] … learn more→
Writing creatively for work or study
Many of us compartmentalise different types of writing. Creative writing is for novelists, poets, playwrights, and so on. Research writing is done by people who are not creative writers. It consists of monographs, journal articles, book chapters, reports, and so on. Then there are a bunch of research tasks we don’t really think of as […] … learn more→
Where tomorrow’s scientists prefer to live − and where they’d rather not
Graduate students interested in an academic career after graduation day have often been told they need to be open to moving somewhere they may not want to live. This advice is because of how hard it is to get a tenure-track professor position. These days, this advice may be less relevant as graduate students are increasingly pursuing and […] … learn more→
AI can be a danger to students – 3 things universities must do
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is trained on enormous bodies of text, video and images to identify patterns. It then creates new texts, videos and images on the basis of this pattern identification. Thanks to machine learning, it improves its ability to do so every time it is used. As AI becomes embedded in academic life, […] … learn more→
Understanding Marijuana clones: A comprehensive guide for growers
How do you produce marijuana plants that are genetic replicas of your best performing specimens? The cloning of marijuana plants serves as the hidden strategy that professional growers rely on to achieve consistent quality and uniformity in their cultivation processes. With proper marijuana cloning techniques, you can: Preserve your favorite genetics indefinitely Save money on […] … learn more→