Technology & Innovation

Researchers say the duration, mode of transportation, and destination, all factor into how much commuting a person can take before they begin to burn out and resent their jobs.

Researchers suggest you may have dropped your old phone on purpose, just so you could justify getting the latest one.

Mavens are defined as experts in their field, and identifying them can help businesses innovate and grow. So, researchers have developed a test to figure out whether someone is a maven.

How do you increase the chance that a user will comment on your photo? Researchers say use a warm filter.

Don’t expect the president to be a prolific tweeter, nor for him to offer any glimpses into his personal psyche.

Brands this. Brands that. Brands on Twitter. Brands on Facebook. The new age of brand storytelling isn’t going away anytime soon. The least companies can do is spare us the air of artificiality. 

Using only his thoughts, a quadriplegic man has successfully tested a robotic arm. 

LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman has analyzed inherent contentions between workers and their bosses. His conclusion is that both sides operate under dishonest guises. An honest assessment of work roles could go a long way toward improving the professional relationship.

Nassim Taleb’s theories on unpredictable events can inform the MLB Draft’s selection process.

A UK hospital hopes the device will help patients manage their medication and track their symptoms.

What happened when researchers strapped fake WiFi routers to people’s heads to test if electromagnetic sensitivity is real or imagined?

Developers out of New Zealand are working on a system that will mimic angry customers in order to train telemarketers in real conflict management.

Human intelligence is richer than logic: It includes “being funny, being sexy, expressing a loving sentiment — maybe in a poem or in a musical piece.”

New research shows that women prefer someone modeling clothing that looks more like them.

Nature invented software billions of years before we did. “The origin of life is really the origin of software,” says Gregory Chaitin (inventor of mathematical metabiology). Life requires what software does. It is fundamentally algorithmic. And its complexity needs better thinking tools.

Researchers find that brand loyalty isn’t the same as romantic love; the feelings they evoke would be better compared to a good friendship.

Using long-range iris-scanning technology, your identity can be determined from across the room with extremely high accuracy — as high as someone taking your fingerprints. 

When big companies put their brand on stadiums, does it change consumer behavior?

Men and women rate the trustworthiness of enhanced profile photos quite differently. Regardless, in either scenario, you’re more likely to get a date.

Ronald Dekker, a labour economist at Tilburg University, says part-time positions enjoy “first-tier” status.

Philip Zimbardo, who became a household name after conducting the Stanford prison experiments, argues that our online culture is disproportionately harming boys.

Researchers have found watching events like the 9/11 terrorist attacks or a school shooting unfold over social media may have caused some trauma to viewers. They report some even experience PTSD symptoms.

Think not in terms of the bottom line, but the skyline.

An autonomous 18-wheeler has been given a license to drive the long stretches of open road that crisscross Nevada.

School districts are learning that you can’t just throw technology into the classroom without a plan. It’s like throwing money at a problem instead of thinking up solutions.

Despite popular views, evolution entails inheriting more than genes. And it isn’t all ruthless competition. Nor is it all random mutations. “Niche Construction” adds a third inheritance mechanism to the complicated mix. 

Dr. Guido Zuccon knows we all Google our medical questions, but how accurate are these search engine diagnosis?

Remember when you only went to Amazon to buy books? Or when Netflix only let you watch other companies’ shows? Or when Reddit was just a place to see what was trending online? The sky’s the limit now for these and other brands evolving into media companies.

The Amazon founder’s space tourism company launched a surprise test flight last week, reaching 307,000 feet (93,574 meters) with its New Shepard space vehicle.

A British academic’s remarks that “it’s inevitable that students will be allowed to use the Internet in exams” sparks a debate over the purpose of testing and the encouragement of learning.