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
School clamps down on phones and Fitbits to ease body image worries
Stroud high school for girls says tech gadgets and social media exacerbate pressures leading to low self-esteem
#gymfails – why do we like watching people hurt themselves doing exercise?
The burgeoning Instagram genre celebrates mishaps by Lycra bros clanking iron. But its popularity shines a light on our conflicted relationship with the gym
‘Fitbit of sleep’: Apple buys night-time tracking firm Beddit
Company attempts to secure place in health market with acquisition of Finnish business specialising in tracking sleep quality, heart rate and snoring
Royal Institution’s new director Sarah Harper: we must show gold standard for science
Second woman to be appointed in RI’s 218-year history identifies role, in era of fake news, to supply trusted data across many issues from health to climate change and robotics
‘As addictive as gardening’: how dangerous is video gaming?
Snooker player Neil Robertson blamed a recent drop in form on video game addiction. But was he right to? We speak to the researchers trying to find out
Turn off notifications and break free of your online chains
We fret about distraction, yet choose to allow a device in our pocket to beep or buzz whenever someone else decides it should
The vision thing: how babies colour in the world
We know that babies don’t just see in black and white. But what colours can they see – and how key is it to their development?