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Healthy Teens, Brighter Tomorrows | Psychology Today

Healthy Teens, Brighter Tomorrows | Psychology Today

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Teenage years are a time of rapid growth, self-discovery, and opportunity. But with these changes also comes unique challenges, including the pressures of navigating relationships, managing stress, and making independent decisions. For some teens, these pressures lead to risky behaviors, including experimenting with drugs and alcohol — a reality that can have some serious long term implications for their mental and physical health. Recently, to explore this topic further, I spoke with Makz Ezrin, founder and CEO of Youth Prevention Mentors (YPM), an international mentorship program geared towards young adult mental health and substance use. Ezrin shared practical, research-backed strategies that parents can use to protect their teens from the dangers of substance use and foster resilience during these formative years. 1. The Power of Open Communication The prevalence of substance abuse among teens underscore a critical truth: exposure is almost inevitable. With over a half of high school seniors reporting drug or alcohol use, avoiding the conversation entirely is not an option. Research highlights that teens who feel they can talk to their parents …

Light could make the future of computers even brighter

Light could make the future of computers even brighter

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analog: Something that resembles, stands in for, or is similar to another thing. array: A broad and organized group of objects. Sometimes they are instruments placed in a systematic fashion to collect information in a coordinated way. Other times, an array can refer to things that are laid out or displayed in a way that can make a broad range of related things, such as colors, visible at once. The term can even apply to a range of options or choices. artificial intelligence: A type of knowledge-based decision-making exhibited by machines or computers. The term also refers to the field of study in which scientists try to create machines or computer software capable of intelligent behavior. Dark Ages: A roughly 900-year-long period in European history — from the 400s to 1300s — that roughly runs between the fall of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance. It took its name from the fact that during this time, few advances in emerged science or art. Some scholars even claimed that this period had been characterized by a “death” of …

iPhone 16 Pro Rumored to Feature 20% Brighter Display

iPhone 16 Pro Rumored to Feature 20% Brighter Display

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The iPhone 16 Pro may feature a display that is up to 20% brighter for typical SDR content, according to the Weibo leaker known as “Instant Digital.” In a recent post, the Weibo user claimed that the ‌iPhone 16 Pro‌ will feature up to 1,200 nits of typical SDR brightness – a 20% increase over the current models. Peak HDR brightness will apparently remain the same at 1,600 nits. The iPhone 14 Pro touted a significant increase in brightness over its predecessor, featuring up to 400 nits higher HDR brightness. However, the iPhone’s typical SDR brightness has been the same at 1,000 nits since the introduction of the iPhone 13 Pro in 2021. The ‌iPhone‌’s typical SDR is used in the majority of situations, so a 20% increase in standard brightness would be a significant upgrade. Instant Digital has a mixed track record for Apple rumors, but has provided some strikingly accurate information, such as the imminent launch of 2023’s Yellow iPhone 14, the frosted back glass of the iPhone 15 and ‌iPhone 15‌ Plus, …

How to look less tired: facialist-approved hacks for brighter, energised skin

How to look less tired: facialist-approved hacks for brighter, energised skin

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Perpetual fatigue is a cruel mistress. The only thing worse than not getting your hard-earned nine hours and wrestling inescapable brain fog, is having your tiredness broadcast all over your face. Talk about adding insult to injury. Perhaps you’re not even having trouble sleeping, but the merciless markers of tiredness – puffy eyes, dark circles, dullness and the like – simply won’t let up. © Launchmetrics SpotlightThese simple routine tweaks can help you look more awake When a few extra hours in bed is out of the question, looking more awake, and quickly, is the goal. Curious as to why after a quality facial your skin looks instantly better? Often that comes down to superlative massage techniques – a step that sadly most of us have to skip on busy mornings. But if you can spare the time, stimulating blood flow can really help reduce inflammation. Joanne Evans, award-winning celebrity facialist and founder of Notting Hill’s editor-adored treatment haven Skin Matters, agrees, cites massage as one of the keys to achieving “refreshed, bright skin”. “This can be …

Record-breaking quasar 500 trillion times brighter than the sun discovered | Science & Tech News

Record-breaking quasar 500 trillion times brighter than the sun discovered | Science & Tech News

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A quasar 500 trillion times brighter than the sun has been discovered by astronomers who say it may be the brightest and “most violent” place in the universe. The huge black hole powering it is said to be between 17 and 19 billion times the mass of the sun and growing at the fastest rate ever seen. Quasars are the bright cores of ‘active galaxies’ – those that have supermassive black holes consuming huge amounts of matter. The record-breaking quasar, discovered by an Australian-led team, is swallowing the equivalent of a sun a day as it pulls in vast amounts of gas. The rotating disc of gas around its black hole has been likened to a cosmic hurricane – which experts say emits so much energy it’s more than 500 trillion times more luminous than the sun. “This quasar is the most violent place that we know in the universe,” said lead author Christian Wolf, from the Australian National University. It was thought to be a star when first spotted in 1980, but got reclassified …

Why Bob Iger’s second act at Disney is looking brighter after a rough start

Why Bob Iger’s second act at Disney is looking brighter after a rough start

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After a bruising year of Hollywood strikes, wrenching job cuts and stock setbacks, Disney Chief Executive Bob Iger finally is racking up some wins. While delivering stronger-than-expected earnings last week, Iger made several announcements designed to keep the Burbank giant firmly ensconced in pop culture: ESPN will anchor a new sports streaming service launching next fall. Disney+ will be the streaming home for Taylor Swift’s concert tour movie. And Captain America and Baby Yoda could soon infiltrate the hit online game “Fortnite,” thanks to Disney paying $1.5 billion for a minority stake in Epic Games. Investors who’ve been fretting over Disney’s troubles are beginning to see some relief. The company’s stock is up 20% since the start of the year. Disney had its best day since 2021 on Wall Street following the earnings report. On Monday, shares gained nearly 1% to $109.29. The strong showing could help thwart activist investor Nelson Peltz’s Trian Fund Management and a second shareholder, Blackwells Capital Group, which both are trying to stage a boardroom shakeup at Disney’s annual shareholder …

I stopped dressing like a slob and saw the sartorial light: better clothes make for a brighter day | Andrew Martin

I stopped dressing like a slob and saw the sartorial light: better clothes make for a brighter day | Andrew Martin

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A year or so ago, I was about to go out to a drinks party with my wife, when she said: “You do realise that shirt’s dead, don’t you?” I was wearing a clean, ironed number, I pointed out. But my wife explained that death was a syndrome particularly likely to affect white shirts, as she took me to my wardrobe and showed me that all but one of my four white shirts had irreversibly lost their snowy glow. “Look at them,” she urged. “They’re grey. You might as well chuck them out.” I was, at the time, approaching 60, and my wife’s shirt critique felt particularly pertinent in that context. Mindful of the looming milestone, she had been proposing a series of prescriptions for me, including not drinking four glasses of wine every day, doing pilates and resuming learning French (which I had given up in protest against reflexive verbs). While I acknowledged that all those things might benefit me, I pointed out that they would also make me miserable. When it came to …

CES 2024: TVs Get Bigger, Brighter, More Transparent

CES 2024: TVs Get Bigger, Brighter, More Transparent

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First, Samsung dazzled attendees of its First Look event with its transparent MicroLED TV, showcasing vibrant images dancing across a slab of thin, glowing glass. Samsung has been teasing MicroLED tech for years now, which promises the same contrast and perfect black levels as OLED thanks to pixel-level image control, but in a brighter and potentially modular form factor. Unfortunately, as before, Samsung’s latest MicroLED display shows no signs of coming to market anytime soon. Photograph: Alex Welsh Not so with LG’s transparent marvel, a 77-inch rollable OLED TV dubbed the OLED T. Not only did LG claim its see-through screen will be available for purchase, but the brand also accounted for potential drawbacks of the tech with a separate, rollable contrast screen that can stand as a backdrop when you want to watch a movie or TV show. The TV will also receive wireless video and audio transmission via the company’s Zero Connect Box. LG said the idea behind its creation is to allow you to place it virtually anywhere, including in front of …

How Nissan created brighter headlights that won’t blind oncoming traffic

How Nissan created brighter headlights that won’t blind oncoming traffic

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It’s a staggering statistic: while only one-fourth of all driving is done at night, more than half of driver fatalities occur after dark. On top of that, says the American Automobile Association (AAA), more than three-quarters of pedestrian deaths happen at night. Nissan says it is boosting headlight performance on its vehicles while simultaneously reducing glare for oncoming traffic. That’s certainly important all year, but especially during the darkest part of the winter months when rush hour typically happens after sunset. Once a luxury upgrade, Nissan now offers brighter, more efficient LED headlights standard on the Altima, Ariya, Armada, GT-R, Maxima, Murano, Pathfinder, Rogue and Z models. This is how Nissan’s headlight engineering works. Headlight technology continues to improve To understand the current state of automotive headlights, look at both the evolution of headlight technology as well as regulations for the U.S. and abroad. Halogen headlamps used to be the standard, giving way to LED (light emitting diode) lights starting in the mid-2000s. Audi was the first to debut all-LED headlights, on the 2009 Audi …

From indoor solar to light-based internet, photonics offers a brighter future

From indoor solar to light-based internet, photonics offers a brighter future

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WLADIMIR BULGAR/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2024 in Las Vegas is a key platform for innovators who want to demonstrate how the burgeoning influence of photonics will reshape how we use technology. Also: CES 2024: What’s Next in Tech Photonics, which is the science of light generation, manipulation, and detection, is steering the electronics industry toward a more efficient, faster, and sustainable future. The impact of photonics will be profound and multifaceted, touching everything from energy consumption to data transmission.  Two standout innovators in this field, Ambient Photonics and Slux, have demonstrated how light can be more than a mere tool for illumination and can instead be the backbone of our technological future. Understanding the impact of photonics At its core, photonics involves using photons (light particles) to perform functions that electrons are typically used for in standard electronics. This shift from electrons to photons is revolutionary, offering a leap in data transmission speeds and energy efficiency. In an era where energy conservation and efficient communication are paramount, photonics is a beacon …