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Several different American and British research studies, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, The Independent, and market research firm eMarketing.com show a fairly depressing outlook on what people do with their days: people spend more time on TV, cell phones, and the internet than they do exercising, being with friends

I recently had a strange interaction with my students. I was teaching the second of a department-required, two-semester course series on design in a class where all sixteen of my students were majoring in communication—many of whom were about to graduate in a few months. In my original syllabus, I

By Autumn Thatcher Guest Blog Post Autumn’s Blog The digital age has brought with it exciting transformation, but with that change comes an eerie foreshadowing of a future where human beings are dismissed and overlooked for the less expensive and faster-producing artificial intelligent counterparts that are being introduced in the

As a product of 1981, I’m officially one of the oldest in my generation, a generation cultural scholars label the “Millennial” group. Wedged between Generation X (those born between 1960 and 1980) and what some are starting to call Generation Z (those born within the last decade), we Millennials are

If you take a stroll through the NBA rosters on ESPN.com, you’ll get a glimpse in what NBA players make, at least as far as their salaries are concerned. But NBA player salary data doesn’t really mean a whole lot until we put it into perspective. Sure, we know they

If you need a new idea to freak out your friends, pass this image around on Facebook: Tell your friends that they aren’t looking at the great Albert Einstein, but, rather, they are looking at Marilyn Monroe. After they tell you you’re nuts, have them turn around and walk away

Ever wanted to know how women perceive your beard (or lack thereof)? Good news! Researchers actually spent their valuable time figuring it out for you and they published their results in the Journal of Evolution and Human Behavior. Evolution and ecology researchers Barnaby Dixon and Robert Brooks from the University