Zoos’ Dilemma: Gorillas’ Screen Time

Many zoos are facing a new dilemma: gorillas and screen time. Great apes have become interested in watching videos of themselves on the phones of visitors. ...

Dating Apps Promote Confusion on Commitment

As if online dating wasn’t hard enough, now users have to sift through profiles looking for increasingly expansive definitions of what it means ...

Stop Swiping, Start Settling

Married people average 30 percentage points more happy than unmarried Americans. So, there’s a lot at stake when one swipes left or right. In an ...

The Myth of the Perfect Soulmate

The idea that we have the perfect soulmate has proved popular among young adults in the U.S. A 2011 poll found that 73% of Americans believed in a soulmate, ...

Tom Brady’s Surprising ‘Point of Life’

Tom Brady has expressed frustration with the attitude of new athletes in professional sports. On the "DeepCut with VicBlends" podcast, he discussed ...

EV Charging Firm Targets Rude Users

In both scientific research studies and informal surveys of friends and family, people considering purchasing electric vehicles often cite charger availability ...

The Rats that Love Taking Selfies

Augustin Lignier, a photographer in Paris, created a photo booth for rats. He took inspiration from B.F. Skinner, the famous researcher who made The Skinner ...

Dying to Our Selfies

Singer-songwriter and author Sandra McCracken writes in an issue of CT magazine:

Greek mythology may not be a guide to the Christian life, but I appreciate ...

AI ‘Girlfriends’ Attract Young Men

Freya India writes in an article titled “We Can't Compete With AI Girlfriends”:

Apparently, ads for AI girlfriends have been all over TikTok, ...

Social Media Is Linked to Rise in Teen Sadness

The CDC’s bi-annual Youth Risk Behavior Survey (2023) showed that most teen girls (57%) now say that they experience persistent sadness or hopelessness ...