Teens largely turn to TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat for fun and connection. But experiences around messaging, screen time and cyberbullying vary. And what teens say about how these sites impact their mental health. (Faverio, Park & Gottfried, Pew Research Center)
Read MoreAs the war in Sudan enters its fourth year Wednesday (April 15), the bombed Episcopal Church of Our Savior in Khartoum’s Omdurman constantly reminds Christians of the brutal conflict. The church that stood for 81 years is now in ashes after it was bombed in 2023. (Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Read MoreWonder. It’s a hard experience to translate. And Commander Wiseman wasn’t shy about admitting that everything they’d seen had worn out his supply of adjectives. “Houston,” he radioed down, “if you could give me about 20 new superlatives in the mission summary for tomorrow, that will help my vocabulary out a bit.” (Sherr, The Atlantic)
Read MoreAn increase in personal Bible use in the U.S. in 2025 was short-lived, the American Bible Society said in its latest State of the Bible release, with newest engagement numbers receding to 2024 levels. But ABS isn’t ready to call it a loss. Instead, “it’s complicated,” ABS researchers said in summarizing the data from Chapter 1 of the 2026 report. (Chandler, Baptist Press)
Read MoreFor us to trust it on certain subjects, researchers in the growing field of interpretability might need to learn how to open the black box of its brain. (Whang, The New York Times)
Read MorePatriarch Kirill, 79, confused his congregation as he preached a Christmas message at Easter. But other Russians are being punished mercilessly in the name of religion. (Bennetts, The Times)
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