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To make a resume for how today's bosses read them—quickly and mercilessly—you'll need to learn about white space, dumb algorithms and lingerie. You should drop your photo, too.
Is there something about rapid technological change that necessitates bold cultural shifts? If so, that might explain why so many Internet companies have run afoul of regulation.
Are digital devices ruining our ability to have deep and meaningful conversations, emphasizing desperate and superficial connections instead? How can we sustain healthy relationships?
To what extent should our desire for Internet freedom allow the industry to operate outside of laws that are meant to protect the public good. Whose responsibility is it to protect children?
If Google's lobbying spree continues, it will outspend all the tobacco companies and major banks. And with new cyber security bills before Congress, the fight for Internet freedom remains.
The French know a thing or two about cooking food so might they better understand how to eat it, too? Their midday lunch breaks make people more sociable and more productive.
New draft guidelines drawn up by the German government say that future military missions should not be focused on spreading Western conceptions of democracy
The US is now the world's leading producer of natural gas but can the fuel be harvested in an environmentally sustainable way? And can we build the needed infrastructure fast enough?
Technological change is quickly arriving which will transform society on a scale similar to England's textile mills and Ford's production line, if governments allow the changes to occur.
The story of a smooth power transfer began to unravel last February when a Party official was accused of murder. The tale is emblematic of the State's problem with transparency.
Certain cognitive tests that improve attention and working memory have been shown to increase people's IQ scores, once considered a fixed measure of how smart someone is.
When women watch pornography, their brains play down the role of the visual cortex, focusing instead on physical arousal. This contrasts how the brain reacts to most other visual stimuli.
Famed biologist E.O. Wilson thinks art and science can be reconciled by understanding the neurological processes which inspire our appreciation of art. But does that serve the artist?
Men and women prefer best friends of the opposite sex and second-best friends of the same sex. Until middle age, that is, when friendship patterns change in ways important to evolution.
When you ingest cannabis, the chemical THC binds to the body's cannabinoid receptors which influence of the functioning of everything from your appetite to short-term memory.
A new study of over 200,000 Australians suggests that leading a sedentary lifestyle is unbelievably bad for you, greatly increasing your risk of death within the next three years.
As technology changes our relationship to the office, we need to change how we take breaks from work. That means using the flexibility of our technology to treat ourselves well.
Scientists in Britain have created artificial DNA, called XNA, by replacing natural sugars with synthetic polymers. In laboratory conditions, the XNA evolved according to Darwinian rules.
Researchers at the University of Glasgow have used 3D printers to synthesize chemical compounds commonly used in medicines, enabling a future of on-demand health care.
A new research institute out of MIT wants to bring the power of new computing to bear on medical devices, creating non-invasive tools to monitor patients and test new drugs faster.