Grounding intermittent art festivals such as the Setouchi Triennale within the resource capacities and social thresholds of the island communities that host them is a path to the sustainable long-term revitalization of these communities.

A study led by Dr. Zeynep Seda Albayrak from Koç University identified three distinct psychosocial profiles among 158 adolescents receiving psychiatric outpatient care, each associated with different patterns of digital technology use. The findings suggest that problematic social media, smartphone, internet and gaming behaviors should be evaluated in relation to adolescents’ emotional, psychiatric and demographic characteristics rather than screen time alone.

 Informal caregivers of individuals living with dementia experience notable reductions in stress and improvements in mindfulness within just three to four weeks of using a tailored mobile application, according to a secondary analysis published in JMIR Aging.

Deep inside Armenia's Ararat-1 Cave, ancient stone tools are rewriting the survival playbook of Middle Paleolithic hunter-gatherers. By contrasting meticulously repaired, long-distance obsidian tools with quick-fix local chert, a new study reveals how early humans mastered both extensive travel and on-the-fly resourcefulness. Rather than just a simple shelter, the cave emerges as a prehistoric pit stop—a crucial rest and repair station along complex migration routes.

Researchers who combine machine learning and economics are studying the social impact of algorithms that determine payouts on digital marketplaces. In a recently published study, the team highlights the structural imbalance in digital labor markets and provides a blueprint for fairer market with better working conditions for gig workers.

As shifting federal priorities, sweeping agency restructurings, and deep funding cuts continue to reshape the American public health infrastructure, a new study reveals the staggering toll these disruptions are taking on the federal workforce.

Notre Dame economists William Evans and Ethan Lieber examined the prescription practices of physicians in the late 1990s and found that they had increased the frequency and extent to which they prescribed opioids for treating chronic pain, contributing to the overall increase in opioid use and subsequent overdose deaths across the country.