Reading a Grimm fairy tale like “Hansel and Gretel” or “Little Red Riding Hood” may mitigate the negative effects of browsing the internet by creating resilience and brightening one’s outlook on life, according to a new study published in JMIR Formative Research.
Grimm classics may counter negative effects of internet browsing
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Australia has recently rolled out some of the world’s toughest laws aimed at curbing the youth vaping epidemic. But new research published in Tobacco Control demonstrates these crucial public health measures could be vulnerable unless [...]
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UC San Diego researchers show that paying enforcers to punish makes people less likely to cooperate with others, which has major implications for law-enforcement quotas, asset forfeiture, and for-profit prisons.This post was originally published on [...]
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Several pieces of legislation across the world are coming into effect this year to tackle harms experienced online, such as the UK’s Online Safety Act and Australia’s Online Safety Act. There are also new standards, [...]
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Cop30, the UN climate summit scheduled to take place this November in the Brazilian city of Belém, is embroiled in a controversy that has nothing to do with solving the planet’s environmental problems. Currently occupying [...]
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California Jews are reporting significantly greater symptoms of depression and anxiety since the Hamas attacks on Israeli civilians in October 2023, according to a University of California, Davis, study.This post was originally published on this [...]
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A new study highlights how disruptions in classifieds impacted political coverage, creating opportunities for more extreme candidates.This post was originally published on this site
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We live in an age of declining trust in public institutions: parliament, the health and education systems, courts and police have all suffered over the past decade, both in New Zealand and internationally.This post was [...]
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Eighty years ago this week, Japan surrendered after nearly four years of war in the Asia-Pacific. For Australia, this meant the end of not only the war in the Pacific, but also the Second World [...]
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Fear of deportation among people in the United States without permanent legal status declines with age, according to a study recently published by a University of Oregon researcher.This post was originally published on this site
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The Trump administration and Harvard University are reportedly close to reaching a settlement that would require Harvard to pay US$500 million in exchange for the government releasing frozen federal funding and ending an investigation into [...]
