The Saturday Essay Research suggests that as the brain grows dependent on phone technology, the intellect weakens By Nicholas Carr Oct. 6, 2017 12:36 pm ET Illustration: Serge Bloch So you bought that
For years, Rudy North woke up at 9 A . M . and read the Las Vegas Review-Journal while eating a piece of toast. Then he read a novel—he liked James Patterson and Clive Cussler—or, if he was feeling mo
Opinion Co-Parenting With Alexa Credit... Mark Weaver “You are going to have a chance to play with Alexa,” I told my daughter, Grace, who’s 3 years old. Pointing at the black cylindrical device, I exp
A parable: A village has been built in the deepest gully of a floodplain. At regular intervals, flash floods wipe away houses, killing all inside. Less dramatic—but more lethal—is the steady toll as i
One afternoon in late September, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called a meeting of the six countries that came together in 2015 to limit Iran’s nuclear-weapons program. They gathered on the main fl
I n 1979, IBM was putting its stamp on the American landscape. For 20 years, it had been hiring the greats of modernism to erect buildings where scientists and salespeople could work shoulder-to-shoul
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An Internet-Famous Cookie Worthy of Baking in Real Life This chocolate chip cookie recipe calls for pulling the baking sheet out of the oven as the cookies bake, and striking it against the stove or o
When Apple CEO Tim Cook introduced the Watch in 2014, our first big question was: What is this thing? A productivity tool? A phone replacement? A fad? We gave it our Gear of the Year award despite not
Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! Download the app . Jesse Thomas is back! In a weekly series leading up to the Ironman World Ch
NASA's Cassini spacecraft ended its sojourn at Saturn on Sept. 15, with a plunge in the atmosphere of the ringed planet. The mission began in 1997 when Cassini was launched on a trip to Saturn to look
“And then I said anyone not willing to break their backs working for me was a tourist!” If you want to understand why so many startups become infected with unhealthy work habits, or outright workaholi
The workers of the first shift had just finished their morning cigarettes and settled into place when one last car pulled into the factory parking lot, driving past an American flag and a “now hiring”
On September 21, 2014, in an Indian city just inland from Goa, Vishwanathan Jayaraman began his morning as he often did: with a barefoot marathon . He left his house by bicycle shortly after 4 a.m. “I
I’ve been practicing Corley’s “rich habits” for four years now, and I’ve noticed results that support his claim. These have been some of the most effective. Habit #1: Exercise In his research, Corley
Opinion In Silicon Valley, Working 9 to 5 Is for Losers Credit... Daniel Savage Silicon Valley prides itself on “thinking different.” So maybe it makes sense that just as a lot of industries have begu
Throughout the years, billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has demonstrated the art of masterful communication. The following is a perfect example: It's a copy of a previously unpublished email Musk sen
Scott Pruitt, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, wants you to know that he was responsible for persuading President Trump to pull out of the Paris climate agreement. Pruitt has
O ne day last summer, around noon, I called Athena, a 13-year-old who lives in Houston, Texas. She answered her phone—she’s had an iPhone since she was 11—sounding as if she’d just woken up. We chatte
Split by the mighty Mississippi River, Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, make up what’s known as the “Twin Cities,” with the former holding the state’s highest population and the latter being the
John Kelly’s stricken look, head slumped on chest, as President Trump brayed a defense of the “fine people” on both sides in a Charlottesville march of neo-Nazis and white supremacists, said it all. A
Back in 2014, a cyclist in Central Park struck and killed a pedestrian . He was on a bike with aerobars and he appeared to be using Strava at the time. This only reaffirmed my hatred for the popular p
Push notifications are ruining my life. Yours too, I bet. Download more than a few apps and the notifications become a non-stop, cacophonous waterfall of nonsense. Here's just part of an afternoon on
Opinion What to Do With the Kids This Summer? Put ’Em to Work Credit... Eleanor Taylor FREMONT, Neb. — Summer break 1985 was defined by my 4:30 a.m. alarm. The bus rolled up at 5, and my friends and I
Every bowling lane has a hidden oil pattern. In this episode of Vox Almanac, Phil Edwards finds out what that means. Help us make more ambitious videos by joining the Vox Video Lab. It gets you exclus
What happened to Amelia Earhart? That question has captivated the public ever since her plane vanished over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 as she attempted to become the first female pilot to fly around th
Humans are overdue for a return trip to the moon, Stephen Hawking has just opined. Speaking on Tuesday at the Starmus Festival , a science-slash-musical gathering, the astrophysicist offered two parts
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When the National Security Agency began using a new hacking tool called EternalBlue, those entrusted with deploying it marveled at both its uncommon power and the widespread havoc it could wreak if it
DAWSON, MINN. — The doctor was getting ready. Must look respectable, he told himself. Must be calm. He changed into a dark suit, blue shirt and tie and came down the wooden staircase of the stately Vi
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Tech Keywords Siri will be the conductor of a suite of devices, all tracking your interactions and anticipating your next moves June 25, 2017 9:00 am ET Illustration: Daniel Hertzberg It’s 2027, and y
The adolescent years are when people's bodies are supposed to start the ascent to their physical peak. Teenagers are growing like beanstalks. Their hormones are raging. They're eager for new experienc
“You always know if someone goes to Harvard or if they go to CrossFit—they’ll tell you,” said Casper ter Kuile, a ministry innovation fellow at Harvard Divinity School. “It’s really interesting that e
Tech To do business with Wal-Mart, the retailer requires some tech providers to build the services on AWS cloud rivals June 21, 2017 5:30 am ET With Wal-Mart’s purchase of online retailer Jet.com last
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