Earls Barton Primary School in Northampton introduced a smartphone ban at the start of this academic year. Maggie, 10, who is ...

The symptoms started last year. I noticed a dull ache in my hand when I held my phone, and my fingers would stiffen when I typed. When the symptoms spread to other areas of my life—for instance, when ...

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A global study reveals children receiving smartphones before age 13 face significant long-term mental health risks, including increased suicidal thoug ...

Smartphones are progressively becoming easier to use for people of all ages, but these smartphones are particularly ideal for ...

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Provost's Distinuished Professor of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice and Communication, Clemson University What is the first thing you do in the morning after you awaken? Many people ...

This piece is part of Scientific American’s column The Science of Parenting. For more, go here. Mental health concerns. Exposure to pornography. Addiction. Loneliness. Bullying. Adolescents’ use of ...

If you want a good display and interface device for an embedded project, it’s hard to look past an old smartphone. After all, you’ve got an excellent quality screen and capacitive touch interface all ...

Scrolling on your smartphone while on the toilet may be doing more than passing the time. A new study has found it could raise your risk of hemorrhoids by nearly 50%, thanks to the extra minutes spent ...