A study by the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) has analysed which factors are most associated with pornography use during adolescence. The results show that the most predictive variable is gender, followed by problematic internet use, cannabis and alcohol consumption, family conflict and engaging in certain risky sexual behaviours. The research, published in the journal Computation, was based on the 2023 ESTUDES survey and worked with a sample of 33,543 adolescents. The aim was to determine which personal, family, digital and behavioural variables are most useful for predicting whether an adolescent reports having viewed or used pornography in the previous 30 days.

One-third of first-year obstetrics and gynecology residents develop depression, and only one-third of those seek treatment, a study with implications for the workforce of the only female-predominant surgical specialty finds. 

When hotels replace single-use toiletries with refillable dispensers, or companies strip unnecessary items from product bundles to cut waste, they may expect consumers to hail these changes as environmentally responsible.

However, a new study has identified what the authors call ‘sustainable additive bias’ - a tendency for consumers to view businesses as more sustainable when they add eco-friendly items rather than remove them, even when removal leads to lower waste and a smaller environmental footprint.

People who are better at noticing fine details in sound – known as auditory precision – can master the pronunciation of new languages faster and more accurately than other learners, a new study finds.