Sorry to Call: What New Research Reveals About Men, Silence and Asking for Help

Your phone is face-down on the arm of the sofa, half past eleven, and you have already typed the first line of the message three times and deleted it three times. Not because you can’t find the words for what’s wrong. You can. The word that keeps landing first, uninvited, ahead of anything you actually […]

The War You Can’t Look Away From: What New Research Reveals About Conflict News and Your Mind

Your phone is face-down on the bedside table, and an hour ago you told yourself that was the last time tonight. At half past eleven, in the dark, you turn it over anyway. The war is still there — a video that started playing before you could stop it, a headline in bold type above […]

The App That Steals Your Sleep: What a New Survey of 1,458 Teenagers Reveals About TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat

You already know which app it is. You just haven’t looked at the numbers yet. You are standing outside a bedroom door at half past eleven, and underneath it the light keeps shifting — blue, then white, then blue again, in a rhythm that has nothing to do with anything happening in the room. You […]

The Worry That Feeds Itself: What a New Study of 471 People Reveals About the Cost of Living and Your Mind

You check the banking app before you’ve had breakfast. Not because anything is due today — just to look. To see if the number has changed its mind overnight. You know the gesture without thinking about it: thumb on the screen, half a second of loading, the small flinch of relief or dread depending on […]

Forty Out of Forty-Seven: What the World Happiness Report Says Social Media Is Doing to a Generation’s Mind

Forty-seven countries were asked the same question about teenage life. In forty of them, the answer got worse — and if a young person’s evening has felt different these past few years, you may already have guessed why. You have probably stood in that doorway. The room is dark except for the blue-white wash from […]