Watching short form content damages the brain five times worse than alcohol
TikTok is not your friend A brain imaging study in China has shown that smashing through short-form content has physical consequences. With a bit of luck, this groundbreaking research led by Professor Qiang Wang at the Tianjin Normal University might help to change a few phone-glued lifestyles out there. It found that short-form video addicts […]
7 months ago
UK is the second most miserable country in the world
What’s everyone else so bloody happy about? Misery is what the British population specialises in, apparently. In its latest Mental Health Quotient survey, Sapien Labs analysed 419,000 participants across 71 countries and found that only the Central Asian republic of Uzbekistan ranks as more fed-up than the UK. This research, which should be taken with […]
7 months ago
The 20 greatest football teams have been ranked, as per latest research
Not one of them features R9 or Cristiano A poll made up of 2,000 football fans has determined the 20 best sides to ever grace the pitch. Per OLBG, Alex Ferguson’s treble-winning Manchester United team of the 1998/99 season rose to the very top of that list, which may surprise some readers. Even if this […]
9 months ago
Kids who are born second cause the most trouble, study says
A study has found that second-born children tend to be more rebellious than the oldest child. I don’t know if this is true for all families but it’s definitely true with my crew. As a mother of two, I can verify that my second-born is much more of a handful than my eldest. I’m already […]
1 year ago
New study proves Americans can’t read and they’re actually getting worse
This isn’t good. A new study has proved that a large percentage of Americans are unable to read, and the problem is rapidly getting worse. The research, which was carried out by the National Center for Education Statistics, found that the percentage of US adults ranking at the lowest literacy levels has experienced a “substantial” increase. The […]
1 year ago
The internet is disappearing, study says
Something similar is happening with social media. A new study has revealed that the internet is disappearing, with web pages and online content becoming lost for good. The research was conducted by Pew Research Center, and the results showed that vast swathes of its are being lost as pages are deleted or moved. According to the […]
1 year ago