UD Associate Professor Mellissa Gordon finds that frequent social media use is associated with decreased academic achievement among early adolescents While most people think about older teens and ...

While internet use is nearly ubiquitous in many countries, not everyone is online. Divides still exist on technology usage between people in some advanced economies and those in some emerging ...

Contrary to expectation, a major study found that weed use among minors was lower in states where the drug was legal. By Matt Richtel With weed these days, it’s a Willy Wonka world: chocolate bars, ...

The image on the billboard that appeared in downtown San Francisco in early 2020 would have been familiar to anyone who’d ever seen a beer commercial: Attractive young people laughing and smiling as ...

To better understand which social media platforms Americans use, Pew Research Center surveyed 5,022 U.S. adults from Feb. 5 to June 18, 2025. SSRS conducted this National Public Opinion Reference ...

The drug, legal in much of the country, is widely seen as nonaddictive and safe. For some users, these assumptions are dangerously wrong. By Megan Twohey Danielle Ivory and Carson Kessler The ...

Children who use cellphones, smartwatches and other personal devices excessively are more likely to have shorter attention spans, be more anxious, have trouble thinking critically, be less physically ...

As consumer concern about plastic pollution grows, a third of adults in the United States say they have reduced their use of plastic products over the past five years. That's according to the latest ...

Screens have become seamlessly integrated into our daily lives, serving as indispensable tools for work, education and leisure. But while they enrich our lives in countless ways, we often fail to ...

The term “dual-use” is something of a lightning rod in the startup world, sparking debates about its meaning and usefulness. In these virtual pages, Jake Chapman wrote that “reliance on dual-use ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write on the latest trends in malls and shopping centers. At this point, the U.S. housing crisis is well documented. The nation ...