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  • How the Smartphone Killed the Three-Day Weekend0

    According to government data, 35% of us work on weekends, putting in an average of five hours of labor, often without compensation. Tanya Schevitz, spokeswoman for Reboot, an organization trying to ween people off their need to constantly check their email, use their cell phones, etc., explains, "We have created an expectation in society that

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  • How the smartphone boom could damage your health and the environment0

    Much research points to microwave pollution from smartphones and tablets as a serious threat to our health. There are countless examples of families experiencing insomnia, headaches and heart arrhythmia in neighborhoods undergoing increased microwave activity- a similar pattern to the sickness from ‘low’ levels of radiation that was well-known in the 1960s. The Ecologist, 12/3/2012

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  • How the ‘Dining Dead’ Got Talking Again0

    “As two people newly in love, we talked and talked,” Molly Pascal, writes in The New York Times Sunday Style Section, but in reflecting on her marriage, she shares how she and her husband had to learn how to “talk again” and in so doing “fell in love again.”

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  • How Tech Created a ‘Recipe for Loneliness’

    How Tech Created a ‘Recipe for Loneliness’0

    “I can’t underscore just how powerful it is to have a few moments of authentic interaction with somebody where you can hear their voice and see their face. There is tremendous benefit that comes to each of us from being able to show up for each other.” Dr. Murphy has even previously cited loneliness as an epidemic in our society.

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  • How smartphones kill joy0

    Comedian Louis CK is gaining a lot of attention after a recent appearance on Conan, specifically around the problems that can result from giving kids smartphones. Writer Naomi Schaefer Riley reflects on how Louis CK shared his opinion that giving children smartphones may not be the best idea, since smartphones can keep kids from learning empathy and what it truly means to be kind to others.

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  • How Sleep Deprivation Affects Our Attractiveness And Approachability0

    Researchers from the Medical Institutet Karolinska in Stockholm, Sweden have shown in a recent study that lack of sleep not only affects our attractiveness but also our approachability. Dr. John Axelsson explains, "Our first experiment has shown that people are perceived differently when they have been deprived of sleep; the second one shows that, on

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