A study in Australia found that faster internet speeds are linked to higher obesity rates, particularly among young adults and males: a 1% increase in broadband adoption leads to a 1.57-point increase in BMI

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Claims of Dissociative Identity Disorder in the Internet could be a new epidemic of Munchausen Syndrome, according to new study.

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The richest 10% now receive 53% of global income 💰 and own 75% of all wealth 🌍, yet inequality alone does not cause unrest. A study of 120 countries (1996–2020) shows it becomes politically destabilizing only when internet use 📱 exceeds 50% of the population by increasing information and coordination.

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New study links the spread of the internet to a global decline in religious identity. As internet access grows within a country, religious affiliation and religious self-identification tend to decrease.

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🌐 A new study in Sociology of Religion found that as internet access grows in a country, religious affiliation and self-identification tend to decrease. The research analyzed data from 81 countries between 1990 and 2022.

📊 The study, led by Miran Lavrič, revealed that internet expansion was the most consistent predictor of religious decline among modernization factors like education and economic development, suggesting it's a key driver of secularization.

📉 While internet diffusion was strongly linked to fewer people belonging to religious denominations or identifying as religious, its effect on practices like service attendance or the personal importance of God was less pronounced.

🔄 The researchers noted that the relationship might be reciprocal, with religious decline also potentially encouraging internet adoption, and that the findings apply to a specific historical period of rapid internet growth.

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