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Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has released a report highlighting the many challenges of the growing presence of technology in education. This report is groundbreaking in its call for corporate responsibility for education technology and in its…

Rare announced a delay to Sea of Thieves Season 10, rationalising that the postponement to October will give the team enough time to deliver the new features and look after their wellbeing. “It’s not a decision we’ve taken lightly, and we share your disappointment that it’s something we’ve needed to do. However, after careful consideration, we firmly believe that it’s the best thing to do for the quality of the release, the sustainability of our development process and the wellbeing of our team,” explained head of…

Credit: Kyle on Unsplash Trans and gender-diverse adolescents in England are more likely to experience gender discrimination and poorer well-being than their cisgender peers. Researchers compared 20,000 young people aged 12–15 in Greater Manchester across different gender groups. The study is published in the journal Royal Society Open Science. Marked…

Credit: Shutterstock At the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, at least 557 million workers were forced to work from home. Up until a few months ago, many employers and government bodies had been extensively promoting the practice, albeit mainly for safety and security reasons. Other upsides have been amply documented by both the media…

I gave up drinking a year ago and, for me, there seemed like no better place to spend my sober anniversary than Glastonbury. I last came in 2011. I think the main difference this time will be that I actually remember the festival.After going sober, I promised myself I wouldn’t change the things that I enjoy – and one of those is music. Alcohol hurt my life and my mind for a long time and I was determined that, after I gave it up, it wouldn’t take all the things I love with it.WednesdayI arrive at 6pm, later than I would…

Estimates of the effect of employment on well-being (left panel) and self-rated health (right panel) with 95% confidence intervals. The results for single mothers are shown in orange, and the results for partnered mothers are shown in purple. The first row displays the results of our main analysis. The second and third rows show the results for West Germany and East Germany; the fourth and fifth rows show the results for the period from 2005 to 2016…

Today, Balderton Capital launched a Founder Wellbeing Platform based on how professional athletes approach reaching peak performance.  The London-based VC is making the wellbeing and performance programme available to all its portfolio company founders. It consists of four pillars — a six-month personalised health and fitness program, CEO forums for peer-to-peer support, executive coaching, and events and resources.  The idea behind the platform is based on research confirming that founders…

Tokyo, Jun 27 (The Conversation) Even tech experts have been astonished by the recent, rapid growth of AI technology, able to hold human-like conversations in multiple languages, create music and pass medical exams.While the potential benefits of AI in fields such as healthcare are indeed inspiring, the pace of change is rapid, and there is still lots of uncertainty about the future. If you feel worried about how AI could affect your career, your privacy or your safety in the coming years, you might be experiencing…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Laughter and humor are potent tools that can significantly impact our well-being, according to researchers from the University of Warwick. Professor Dr. Stephanie Schnurr and Yanyan Li, at the University of Warwick's Department for Applied Linguistics, have shown how laughter and humor can be…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The global burden of disease associated with water insecurity has traditionally focused on diarrheal disease as the most significant driver of infant and child mortality. However, a review in WIREs Water notes that there are many other ways that water insecurity can have adverse health and social consequences for children.…