Scientists discover the brain cells that keep you motivated
What allows people to keep working toward a goal when the challenge becomes more demanding? Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan h...
A controversial plan to update Line 5 just suffered a major loss at the Michigan Supreme Court
In a win for opponents of Enbridge Energy’s Line 5 pipeline, the Michigan Supreme Court vacated a key permit last ...
Sitting up straight may improve your mood and decision-making
A person's posture may subtly affect both emotional state and decision-making, according to new research from McGill University. In a l...
Wildfire season is changing. Spokane is showing how.
Betsy Robertson was standing in the center of the Spokane Convention Center on Monday afternoon, but she wasn’t th...
Michigan winemakers have a new climate worry: More wildfire smoke
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist a...
Fluctuations in arousal reflect latent state transitions that facilitate behavioural optimization
Ethics informationInformed consent was obtained from each participant in the study, and all procedures were per...
The future of work belongs to the knowledge DJs
As AI makes generation cheap, the human advantage shifts to curating context. The product people who thrive will be the ones ...
What your AI co-designer can’t infer from your hex values
Context files I create every time I start a new client project, to onboard Claude and maximise the output quality
What Star Trek got right about AI
The show’s voice-first computer, plain-language querying, and universal translator anticipated the assistants we ship now — t...
Why 10,000 experiments work better than 10,000 hours for designers
Airbnb threw out twenty years of optimization to grow. You might need that as well.
Interaction with AI companions and psychological well-being
Erikson, E. H. Identity: Youth and Crisis Vol. 7 (Norton, 1968).Cobb, S. Social support as a moderator of life stress. Biops...
How Korea & Japan turned ordering food into a UX masterclass
I spent last year bouncing between Asian countries. Almost 6 months in Japan, a month in Korea, a month in Taiwan.Then I tried liv...
What another Texas flood revealed about the state’s warning system
When torrential rain doused the Texas Hill Country last month, Paul Welch stayed up past his bedtime checking rada...