Sarah Owen

English soccer club Manchester City will keep track of its fans’ biometrics using connected scarf embedded with a biosensor to “get a better understanding of the emotion at the heart of the world’s beautiful game.”

Social psychologists have known for decades that people are motivated to work harder when others are watching. When they are observed, people run faster, are more creative, and think harder about problems.

What defines new relational stages today, given they’re always mixed together with old ones on platforms eager to keep you engaged? How do you mark a new “era” when you’re keeping tabs on the day-to-day lives of hundreds of people who will never tangibly occupy your day-to-day life again?

"Can I just say though that I hate the word metamodernism? If we’re going to try to define this era of literature I’d rather keep the Enlightenment going."

For some singles, a potential partner who isn’t working on their mental health is not an option.

"According to the Outdoor Foundation, Americans went on 1 billion fewer outings in nature in 2018 compared with 2008."

University of Cambridge researchers successfully used algae to power a computer chip for six months. The blue-green algae perform photosynthesis and generate a small electrical current that “interacts with an aluminum electrode and is used to power a microprocessor,” according to an official release.