Given the overwhelming evidence that smoking cigarettes dramatically increases one’s chances of getting cancer and heart disease, studies have often asked after the personality of a smoker.
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A common perception is that ‘older people’ (whatever age that is) do not adopt technology as quickly as younger users. It appears some preferences may be ageless. Consider the e-book […]
Dogs are capable of copying our behavior as long as 10 minutes after it’s happened.
With 360 movie panels, the sky over (almost) an entire year is shown in time lapse format as recorded by a video camera on the roof of the Exploratorium museum in San Francisco, California.
If Superman punched you in the face you would hardly feel a thing.
A pilot program in two New York City hospitals is giving doctors the ability to prescribe fresh fruit and vegetables to patients with the aid of food vouchers redeemable at any of the city’s 142 farmers’ markets.
The photon energy in low-level laser light is currently known to aid in cellular regeneration, from regrowing lost hair to reversing the effects of arthritis, by increasing blood flow to the affected areas of the body.
By studying the genetic make up of plants that thrive in hot, dry conditions, scientists expect to be able to modify ordinary food crops to grow more efficiently while producing greater yields.
A team of Japanese scientists have created an ultra-light weight polymer skin, complete with electronic sensors, that could help develop new medical implants and smart skin for prostheses and robots.
The financial constraint which prescriptions put on seniors’ fixed income, and the health effects of mixing different medications, make marijuana an option worth exploring for an increasing number of seniors.
University of California-San Diego researchers have created a wearable biosensor that measures lactate levels in sweat in real time. Future iterations could transmit data to a smartphone app via Bluetooth.
Huge prison break, huge setback for costly war, many lives imperiled: no coverage.
One thing business schools do get right is about writing down and reducing things down to priorities.
Ford engineer Zach Nelson’s 21st-century creation combines hardware and software to let the newbie driver know when it’s time to shift gears.
The less money you have, the more time you probably spend getting to your job. Christine Quinn, a candidate for mayor of New York City, wants to smooth out the curve.
Understanding biases in your decision-making is half the battle.
Starting this fall, the PreCheck program — which basically expedites participating members through airport security — will be open to any US citizen who’s willing to pay $85 and endure a detailed application process.
Plastic? Where to start! It’s now the number one form of ocean debris, and muscled its way up the food chain, starting, of course, with hungry microbes. Recent research confirmed […]
If just stay on the same pathway every single day that’s going to be a pretty predictable pathway of what you’re going down now.
For me, serendipity is about the chance encounters and the people and ideas that can really change this world.
Sal Khan, the founder of Khan Academy, is using technology to “flip the classroom” and in the process revolusationize education.
The sensor knows: Taiwanese researchers have created a prototype of an implantable device that may one day give dentists and others insights on patients’ oral habits and hygiene.
What does this desecration mean?
If you read popular articles about antidepressants, it’s easy to get the impression that drugs like Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Celexa, Cymbalta, Luvox, etc. are primarily psychoactive drugs that specifically alter […]
If you want to succeed in business, don’t get an MBA. Study philosophy instead.
Since a Tokyo-based PR firm announced the campaign earlier this year, more than 3,000 Japanese women have signed up. There are some conditions, though: Participants must be over 18, relatively active online, and dedicated miniskirt wearers.
Online data fed directly into the brains of human beings via a “software/wetware” interface? We’re closer than you think. But the impact on humanity may be devastating.
In their book Surfaces and Essences: Analogy as the Fuel and Fire of Thinking, Douglas Hofstadter and Emmanuel Sander remind us that the way we view the world is necessarily […]
A paradox of selling technology in the 21st century is that it’s often more difficult to convince users that they need the latest gadget, even if that gadget is more […]
Stills from the video of the tragic derailment.