NASA and DNA, Visualizing World Debt and The Autonomous Drone

This is what your smartphone is doing to your brain — and it isn’t good

Smartphones are addictive, can lead to depression and slow down our thinking process.

NASA’s Twin Study Just Proved Space Has Deeper Effects on DNA Than Thought

Approximately 7 percent of Scott Kelly’s DNA did not return back to ‘normal’ after returning home, NASA recently confirmed.

$63 Trillion of World Debt in One Visualization

If you add up all the money that national governments have borrowed, it tallies to a hefty $63 trillion.

The Salary Chronicles: I Negotiated A $20K Raise, But Made One Big Mistake

I made one big mistake with the follow up that I hope people learn from: get the promise of a future raise in writing!

The Disappearing American Grad Student

Undergraduate level: 80 percent are United States residents.

Graduate level: 80 percent hail from India, China, Korea, Turkey and other foreign countries.

Deconstructing the Global City

What happens when a city goes global, and is it worth it?

These darker sides of being a global city therefore highlight a significant flaw with GaWC’s and other NGOs’ metrics.

A city’s prominence is only defined by the number of services it offers, ignoring other factors like inequality, labor rights and the costs of living in a city.

The autonomous “selfie drone”

If you’re a rock climber, hiker, runner, dancer, or anyone who likes recording themselves while in motion, a personal drone companion can now do all the filming for you — completely autonomously.