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Using multiple digital devices at once can be highly distracting and overstimulating. Riska/E+ via Getty Images

Why ‘unwinding’ with screens may be making us more stressed –...

Robin Pickering, Gonzaga University As Americans increasingly report feeling overwhelmed by daily life, many are using self-care to cope....

The North Pole keeps moving – here’s how that affects Santa’s...

Scott Brame, Clemson University When Santa is done delivering presents on Christmas Eve, he must get back home to...

Smartphones are once again setting the agenda for justice as the...

Allissa V. Richardson, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism It has been five years since May 25, 2020,...

Debunking 5 myths about when your devices get wet

Rachel Plotnick, Indiana University Nearly everyone has encountered the unthinkable: Your smartphone landed in the toilet. Or you forgot...

How to overcome your device dependency and manage a successful digital detox

Kelley Cours Anderson, College of Charleston and Karen Anne Wallach, University of Alabama in Huntsville Life in the digital...

Complicated app settings are a threat to user privacy

Joseph K. Nwankpa, Miami University Default privacy settings in popular mobile apps seem like a convenience, allowing you to...

Nationwide test of Wireless Emergency Alert system could test people’s patience...

Elizabeth Ellcessor, University of Virginia and Hamilton Bean, University of Colorado Denver The Wireless Emergency Alert system had its...

Do smartphones belong in classrooms? Four scholars weigh in

Louis-Philippe Beland, Carleton University; Arnold Lewis Glass, Rutgers University; Daniel G. Krutka, University of North Texas, and Sarah Rose, Staffordshire University

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Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...

Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison