Robert Montenegro

Electroceuticals — electrical signals used to trick the brain into thinking the gut is full — have been approved by the FDA to treat obesity.

The nonprofit sector is unfairly geared toward large, mainstream organizations that take in the most money but don’t adequately engage with the people most affected by a problem.

A new group unaffiliated with the Girl Scouts of America empowers young girls to advocate against racial inequality.

The recession is on its way out and, with it, so goes the hirer’s job market. When conducting interviews, remember that your job is to disqualify wrong candidates while simultaneously keeping good ones from getting away.

The Foundation’s big bet: “the lives of people in poor countries will improve faster in the next 15 years than at any other time in history. And their lives will improve more than anyone else’s.”

Sports physiologist Dr. Allen Lim and expert chef Biju Thomas first joined forces at the 2008 Tour de France in an attempt to wean athletes off processed energy bars.

While no piece of technology can instantly put someone to sleep, various forms of research are making strides toward better sleep efficiency and other improvements.

Re-Read, a literature recycling social enterprise headquartered in Doncaster, England, has given away 54,000 books to children since it was established in September 2012.

The short answer is “you can’t,” at least in most regards. But there are ways to hone your customer’s unique experience and keep them buying directly from you.

The Atlantic’s Conor Friedersdorf argues that placing King’s face on U.S. currency makes sense on many counts. He also argues that “Old Hickory’s” racist legacy makes him the best candidate to be removed to make room.

A recent survey conducted by the Oklahoma State University Department of Agricultural Economics found that the percentage of Americans who support labels on foods containing GMOs also support labels on food containing DNA.

The discovery of the lost Beagle 2 spacecraft demonstrates just how close European space authorities were to success when it touched down Christmas Day, 2003.

In 1933, the temperature in the Siberian village of Oymyakon reached a balmy -90ºF/-67ºC, making it the planet’s coldest place. About 500 residents call the village home today.

The field of bioarchaeology is concerned with investigating skeletal remains to learn how people in from the past lived (as opposed to how they died).

Over two dozen veterans and active military personnel commit suicide every day. Countless more suffer from PTSD. One ex-Army officer explains that the secret to treating mental trauma is to employ combat veterans in psychiatric roles.

“Unplugging digitally” was a top 3 New Year’s resolution this year as thousands seek to distance themselves from their devices. A new study suggests gadgetry isn’t as stress-inducing as we think. 

Real estate entrepreneur Barbara Corcoran took to LinkedIn this week to offer advice on how to reinvent yourself professionally. 

A new site launched this week serves as a platform for writers to share their plays and readers to discover exciting new works.

Angry drivers hate aggressive bicyclists but biking with confidence may the best way to stay safe on city streets.

Professional athletes need to be fit mentally just as much as physically. That’s the philosophy espoused by the new Los Angeles Dodgers front office.

The Novice Art Blogger is a bot programmed with deep learning algorithms that attempts to make sense of pieces of art by explaining what it sees. 

The authors of a new study argue that the added sugar in flavored milk is a small price to pay when considering the importance of calcium and vitamin D for childhood development.

It may be prudent to save up just in case you run into a tough 6 months, but it’s also smart to start investing for the long term as soon as possible.

Burnout recovery is a four-phase process that starts with identifying that some goals are simply not attainable.

Search engines are reclaiming web content for the people as they tinker with their algorithms. The goal is to promote sites that write engaging content while burying sites that strive only to appeal to search engines.

Competitive marketplaces are the key to lower healthcare costs in the United States, says Ezekiel J. Emanuel, the chair of the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania

Just because you intend to disrupt an industry doesn’t mean you have to alienate said industry’s leaders. In fact, making enemies will only hurt your company’s prospects.

After a successful launch of a Dragon spacecraft this morning, SpaceX attempted to land its reusable Falcon 9 rocket on a sea platform but ran out of fuel prior to touchdown.

A nine-ton block of sandstone recovered from a mountain in Utah could hold the secret to the hunting patterns of predatory species Utahraptor.

A team of archaeologists and biologists in Puerto Rico have solved a mystery about the genetic origins of ancient Caribbean civilizations by analyzing fossilized dung.