Michael Acton Smith: ‘We want to show meditation is common sense’

Stress led the creator of Moshi Monsters to meditation and to create new app Calm, which he aims to make the biggest brand in mental fitness

Is your new phone really your friend?

Our hardwired tendency toward laziness means once we’ve been persuaded to adopt certain pseudo-conveniences, we won’t want to give them up

Fit in my 40s: ‘A DNA test is like going to a fortune teller, with science’

These tests tell you things you would you never know about yourself in a lifetime’s observation, things you would never even think to ask

Photography saved me. Staring down a lens, I re-ordered painful memories

After the breakdown of an abusive relationship, I lost a sense of myself and how I existed in the world. A Canon T-50 helped me find it

Does ‘phone separation anxiety’ really exist?

Researchers last week warned that nomophobia – a phobia of being without your smartphone – is affecting everyone

Watches, monitors and lights – seven of the best gadgets for runners

Then market is saturated with new tech that can help keep athletes – whether veterans or newbies – safe, entertained and informed. Here are some of our favourites

Learning morality through gaming

If you’re looking for answers to life’s big philosophical questions, try playing a video game, says Jordan Erica Webber

Sleep gadgets: our writers put them to the test

From sunlight lamps to white noise devices, we roadtest popular gadgets to see if they can improve our sleep

Worried about your odour? At least a machine will tell you straight

A few years ago freelance journalist Nell Frizzell lost her sense of smell for 18 months. Now there’s an app to help you find out if you stink

No sweat: app aims to alert office workers when they start to stink

Japanese developers say device could help bring end to ‘sumehara’, or ‘smell harassment’, by those who disturb colleagues with their body odour