This Is How Social Media Is Made To Be Addicting
AdultsAddictionSocial MediaCould constantly being on sites like YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram be considered a real addiction?
The Problem With Our Phones
AdultsAddictionTechnologyThey are hugely useful of course but in many ways, we buy the advantages our phones give us at a subtly high price we don't entirely recognise. Some reflections on how to live well around phones.
Why We Are All Addicts
AdultsAddictionMental Health...We tend to imagine that we can only become addicted to a few sorts of things. But real addiction is about using something, anything, to keep our real emotions, fears and hopes at bay. There are many more addicts among us than we think.
How does caffeine keep us awake? - Hanan Qasim
AdultsAddictionFood...Over 100,000 metric tons of caffeine are consumed around the world every year. That's equivalent to the weight of 14 Eiffel Towers! Caffeine helps us feel alert, focused, and energetic, even if we haven't had enough sleep - but it can also raise our blood pressure and make us feel anxious. So how does it keep us awake? Hanan Qasim shares the science behind the world's most widely used drug.
Why do cats act so weird?
AdultsAddictionPetsThey're cute, they're lovable, and judging by the 26 billion views on over 2 million YouTube videos of them, one thing is certain: cats are very entertaining. But their strange feline behaviors, both amusing and baffling, leave many of us asking: Why do cats do that?