Orion Jones

Nobody likes to be treated like a tool, so instead of networking, just work on building relationships with people in your field.

Antivirus software maker AVG has created a new pair of eyeglass frames designed to thwart facial-recognition technology.

Millennials are the first American generation who have not been taught how to use tools and that could have a negative effect on the country’s trade industries.

What your primary activities are at prime hours of concentration can tell you a lot about yourself. 

More gender parity in the workplace means more economic gain for everyone, ample time for men to be fathers, and it turns women on in the bedroom.

In a study of 130,000 American adults, including 19,299 psychedelics users, researchers failed to find evidence that taking psychotropic substances results in serious mental health problems. 

A disease still in the initial stages of investigation causes some individuals to literally get drunk from eating normal amounts of carbohydrates. 

Some automakers worry about the ability of companies like Apple and Google to quickly leverage their substantial cash reserves to innovate the auto industry ahead of them.

The success of a decades-long attempt to boost female achievement has revealed a troubling new gender gap: the rise of the unskilled, underemployed male.

Contemporary public school education teaches children what amounts to moral relativism. That’s a serious problem, explains philosophy professor Justin McBrayer.

Creativity is more than finding new solutions to abstract problems presented in laboratory settings, and a new study out of Northwestern University is one of the first to measure what qualities correlate with creative achievement in the real world.

Constant touching and emotional warmth are essential to cognitive development, yet our educational and professional environments are skeptical, often for litigious reasons.

New anthropological research demonstrates that belief in an all-powerful God is not essential to the formation and development of complex society.

If patients better understood the health risks associated with certain kinds of medical care, they would likely seek less treatment.

The technology draws on the concepts established by theatre companies like Punchdrunk that create an immersive world for an audience to explore while the narrative unfolds around them.

Your handshake communicates subtle social information about who you are, but it has nothing to do with whether your grip is firm or limp, say researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel.

A specific gene present in human stem cells appears to be responsible for the evolutionary increase in human brain size.

Leading a team of experts to reach creative heights may be the mark of today’s genius.

A medication commonly referred to as female Viagra, because it works to stimulate female sexual desire, is once again before the Food and Drug Administration for approval.

In a long-term study of nearly 10,000 individuals, a team of scientists at Cambridge University found that sleeping more than eight hours per night correlates with a higher risk of stroke. 

By consciously taking specific actions — from seeking out role models to reevaluating how we think about failure — we can train our mind to behave more confidently.

The snobbery wars have erupted over photos of a sometimes blue-black, sometimes white-gold dress.

Individuals who cheat in life quickly ignore the fact that their success is fraudulent, believing instead that their own abilities will carry them to even greater heights.

A San Francisco startup (what else?) is looking to make the home-buying process much simpler, leveraging data to find a fair market price as soon as a house is listed.

Uber drivers don’t have taxi licenses and do not pay taxes on the income earned.

An Italian doctor is blazing a trail toward the first human head transplant, capitalizing on new medical techniques that can keep a patient alive during the operation.

Swedish researchers have established a link between excessive drinking and scoring poorly on intelligence exams.

Peanut allergies can be severe, but preventing the sensitivity may be as simple as exposing your infant to peanuts while they are young.

When vaccine skeptics are presented with statements about the benign nature of vaccines, they double down on their skepticism rather than softening their bias.

Fifteen college students are refusing to repay the private and public loans they received to attend Everest College, a for-profit institution that closed its doors.