College students who binge drink may be acting on influences they brought from home, a new Washington State University-led study suggests.

A recent survey shows that students who binge drink more than other students tend to have grown up in a home with more permissive attitudes toward drinking. Those students are also more likely to join Greek-affiliated organizations like fraternities or sororities.

A major new study by UCL researchers has revealed the challenges faced by London’s 1.3m night workers, including pay inequality, health problems, transport difficulties, safety concerns and a lack of workplace dignity.

California heat waves are becoming more frequent and intense, and not all residents have access to air conditioning.

Researchers developed a powerful AI-based technique to identify vulnerable communities most in need of mitigation efforts, which could improve heat equity.

The study was supported by the National Science Foundation.

With more than four billion people around the globe owning a smartphone, researchers are now looking at ways to reduce a growing public health concern—problematic smartphone use.

Dr. Susan Holtzman teaches psychology in UBC Okanagan’s Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. She recently published a study in Mindfulness examining the overuse or dependence on smartphones and how it might be curbed with mindfulness techniques.