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Children aged 9-13 who spent more time on social media performed worse on reading, memory and language tests two years later, researchers said in a new study.

But even the lowest users of social media, kids who used it just a single hour a day or less, still scored lower, too, by an ...

Spending too much time on social media might be hurting how children think, remember, and learn. A new study published in the ...

Reading achievement has been stagnant in the US for decades, raising questions about what other methods might work to help ...

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More than one‐third of the world's population uses a writing system that includes both uppercase and lowercase letter forms.

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