• Director Radiation Research and Advice, Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA), and Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Wollongong
Guidelines recommending no screens before age two came before interactive and educational tablet and smart phone apps. Tia Henrikson/Flickr

Banning under twos from screens has little basis in evidence

There is no question that excessive screen time can have negative impacts on children’s sleep and development generally, but is there sufficient evidence for an all-out ban before age two?
Une forêt d'antennes sur la ville connectée. Electronic Frontier Foundation/flickr

Peut‑on être allergique au wifi ?

De quoi souffrent les personnes dites électrosensibles qui voient dans les ondes électromagnétiques la cause de leurs troubles ? Il n’y a pas de preuve scientifique. La recherche se poursuit.
Wireless networks are everywhere: can you really be allergic to wi-fi? Flickr/Kārlis Dambrāns

Can you be allergic to your Wi‑Fi?

Wi-Fi networks are everywhere, from cafes and libraries to shopping centres. So should we be worried now a French woman has won compensation after she complained of an allergy to Wi-Fi?
Limiting screen time before bedtime is beneficial for sleep. shutterstock

Why screen time before bed is bad for children

Screen time – by way of watching television or using computers, mobile phones and other electronic mobile devices – may be having a large and negative impact on children’s sleep.

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