Kecia Lynn
Kecia Lynn has worked as a technical writer, editor, software developer, arts administrator, summer camp director, and television host. A graduate of Case Western Reserve University and the Iowa Writers' Workshop, she is currently living in Iowa City and working on her first novel.
Given a choice between gifting a smaller reward now and waiting to gift a larger reward later, it’s more likely that you’ll forego rationality and choose immediate gratification if the beneficiary is related to you.
Researchers have received a grant to pursue the use of electrospinning to create a dissolvable material that, when inserted into the body, will deliver drugs either immediately or over a period of days.
University of Iowa researchers studied years’ worth of posts on an online health network and came up with a way to rank members based on their contribution to others’ emotional health.
Flexible displays have been here for a while, but the other components of a device need to be flexible as well. 2013 may very well see their debut.
The author of a study that examined recruiter behavior at elite firms says many choose potential employees in the same way they’d choose friends or even romantic partners.
The only thing needed for the Wiki Weapon project to go forward is a federal firearms license.
Medical tech startup Scanadu has met its goal of having a prototype device ready by the end of this year. It works by reading vital signs from the user’s temple.
By fitting a computer, a camera, and a projector into the spot where the bulb would go, the lamp can display information onto a surface, and recognize and respond to user contact with that surface.
A University of Massachusetts team is developing a breathable fabric made of nanotubes that can switch into a protective state in case of a biological or chemical weapons attack.
For a mere ¥100,000 (about $1,200), expectant couples can get a service that will turn MRI data into an image that can then be printed using a 3D printer.
At 17 billion times the mass of the sun, it could be the biggest of its kind found to date, and its existence may shake up scientists’ knowledge of how galaxies are born and evolve.
A Spanish company has successfully completed a test of a balloon that could take passengers 20 miles above Earth, just a few miles short of Felix Baumgartner’s October launch spot.
A new UN report warns that if thawing continues as expected, major ecosystems will be impacted and large amounts of methane and carbon dioxide will be released into the atmosphere.
The rate represents a drop over the past year compared to the previous year, but almost 1800 square miles was still lost, possibly due to rising deforestation in some Brazilian states.
The same machine used to discover the Higgs boson particle may also have produced something that would most likely have last existed around the time of the Big Bang.
The company announced today that two of its models will include functionality that will let iPhone owners access the personal assistant using a special “Eyes Free” feature.
Recent break-ins at several Texas hotels have been traced to a digital pickpocketing tool that takes advantage of a security vulnerability in locks found in millions of rooms worldwide.
British Airways passengers can now be assured of finishing any in-flight movies they watch, thanks to an agreement between the airline and the UK government.
Next in the company’s plans for world domination: The ability to find answers to the questions you normally don’t think of going to a computer to ask.
The University of Cambridge has set up a center designed to examine the risks posed by advancing technologies and climate changes to the survival of the human species.
Participants from various Asian countries recently attended a conference in Bangkok centering on transforming men’s beliefs about themselves, including “sexual entitlement” that often leads to violence against women.
New Delhi’s MedTech Row is home to a growing number of health sector companies, partnerships, and nonprofits that are focusing on how to provide affordable care to the country’s poorest citizens.
An innovative program in La Paz provides one free meal consisting of foods made from traditional ingredients. Malnutrition is down, but obesity is up.
With their unique prefab approach, a Chinese company has already built a 15-story hotel in 48 hours and a 30-story tower in 15 days. This one — 220 stories — is scheduled to be completed by March.
In Ghana, where 96 percent of citizens identify as religious according to a recent poll, a conference held last weekend drew humanists from across West Africa.
UK aviation experts are weeks away from performing a test in which a pilot will fly a twin-engine Jetstream from the comfort of a control room on the ground.
Research suggests that the higher the amount of alcohol present, the more likely it is that the person will live.
Runners aren’t the only ones who experience an endorphin-based “high”: A new study shows that people who sing, dance, or play music together experience similar mood-enhancing effects.
A study found that the difference in erratic nighttime driving between subjects who were given coffee and subjects who were exposed to continuous blue light was negligible.
As a replacement for actual video, technology using avatars with gesture and facial recognition ability make conflict resolution easier for kids, according to a new study.