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EXCLUSIVE WITH STEVEN PINKER: Remarkable developments are accelerating world progress faster than ever
Business Insider: If you’re not optimistic, you’re not paying attention. Take it from Steven Pinker, a Harvard psychologist who posited in his 2011 book “The Better Angels of Our Nature” that people are becoming more
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Addicted to Your Phone? There’s Help for That
The New York Times: LIKE pretty much everyone these days, Susan Butler stares at her smartphone too much. Unlike most everyone, she took action, buying a $195 ring from a company called Ringly, which promises
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How Tetris may reduce traumatic memories
Science Magazine: Playing the computer game Tetris may help reduce the frequency of traumatic flashbacks like the ones that plague sufferers of post-traumatic stress disorder, Pacific Standard reports. In the study, participants viewed a 12-minute
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Car dashboards that act like smart phones raise safety issues
Reuters: When it comes to dashboard displays that are more like smart phones, two things are clear: Customers want them, and automakers are intent on supplying them. But are they really a good idea? Car
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Toddlers and Touchscreens: A Science in Development
In the last decade, smartphones and tablets have gone from being rare luxury devices to essential components of everyday life: Results of a recent survey show, for example, that family ownership of touchscreens in the
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New Windshield Displays May Unleash an Invisible Gorilla
Several companies are already investing in new technology aimed at deterring distracted driving by projecting graphics from a cellphone—text messages, weather, collision warnings—directly onto a driver’s field of view on the windshield. Proponents of this