Science learning: lectures from a spaceship
The Project Chimera logo is inspired by Yggdrasil, the tree of life in Norse mythology. Credit: HCC – TU Graz. In Project Chimera, Game Lab Graz combines a VR computer game with educational problems in order to convey scientific content. The low-threshold, playful...
13 ways gaming affects your mental health – for better and worse
Image credit: Cecilia de la Paz, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons. A new study from the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) has offered roadmap for understanding video games’ complex impact on wellbeing. The...
Bedtime screen use increases risk of insomnia
Doctorxgc, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons. Just one hour’s screen use after going to bed increases the risk of insomnia by 59%, new research from Norway has found. Using a screen in bed at night makes it much...