How #FOMO may be affecting your mental health
Holly Scott investigates how a Fear of Missing Out is leaving many social media users tired, anxious and depressed.
Category: Social Sciences
Can we use online games as educational tools?
Feeling guilty about spending your precious time playing games online? Feel guilt no more. Find out why in this article.
Does Rock Music Make You Happier?
Margaret Laurie explores the benefit of listening to heavy metal music on a regular basis.
Meditations on mindfulness: all it’s cracked up to be?
Mindfulness-based therapy – as a more ‘natural’ alternative to drugs – to treat depression or anxiety is very popular at the moment. But how much of the recent zeal for mindfulness is rooted in science, and how much is marketing?
Should We Be Worried About Artificial Intelligence?
Emily Breen compares the opinions of technology experts on the development of AI.
“It’s a poor sort of memory that only works backwards” – Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
Kirsty McLean investigates the daunting world of false memories and memory manipulation.
The Water Innovation Challenge Launch
Water. We all drink it, but how many of us think it? theGIST reports from The Water Innovation Challenge launch party.
Glasgow Science Festival Event: ‘Science Sunday’
The Science Sunday at Glasgow University on the 14th of June was a great way to mark the end of the 2015 Glasgow Science Festival. The event encapsulated everything that the festival aims to...
