Tag: technology
The psychological benefits – and trappings – of nostalgia
Krystine Batcho, Le Moyne College
In his song “Time Was,” counterculture singer Phil Ochs reminisces about a past “when a man could build a home,...
How Facebook – the Wal-Mart of the internet – dismantled online...
Jessa Lingel, University of Pennsylvania
Before the internet, people interested in body modification – not just tattoo and piercing enthusiasts, but those drawn...
What’s behind phantom cellphone buzzes?
This is your brain on plugs.
'Brain' via www.shutterstock.comDaniel J. Kruger, University of Michigan
Have you ever experienced a phantom phone call or text? You’re convinced...
She phubbs me, she phubbs me not: Smartphones could be ruining...
James A. Roberts, Baylor University
The majority of our relationships are in shambles.
The U.S. divorce rate hovers at 40 percent, but that’s not the...
Can technology help fashion clean up its act?
Suzanne Mancini, Rhode Island School of Design
Chemical waste, mass production and consumerism are all byproducts of an industrialized global economy.
The fashion industry is no...
Trump and Clinton want to bring back millions of outsourced jobs...
Stephan Manning, University of Massachusetts Boston and Marcus M. Larsen, Copenhagen Business School
One of the big themes in the current presidential race is how...
Is it time for a presidential technoethics commission?
Daniel N. Rockmore, Dartmouth College
A recent New York Times article highlighted the growing integration of technologies and textiles, displaying a photograph of a delicate...
How playing video games can change your retirement
Bob De Schutter, Miami University
The teenagers who were hooked on Pac-Man in the arcades and amusement parks of the early 1970s are getting ready...
EXPLORING NATURE
New study measures titanium in Apollo rock to uncover Moon’s early chemistry
Advik D. Vira, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emily First, Macalester College
The Earth and the Moon may look...
