A new study reveals that the brain areas most associated with complex problem-solving are actually more active when we focus on routine tasks than when we focus on the problem. This suggests that there may be benefits to daydreaming when faced with difficult issues. The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of […]

Gamer is a science fiction thriller in which the players can control human death row prisoners in mass-scale death matches. An inmate who wins 30 rounds gains his freedom. The film is one of several probing the growing power and influence of video games on society and their future. Some multiple player game companies have […]

Most search engines like Google try to help you find a needle in a haystack. Now, there are new kinds of search engines that scour the “deep web,” the hidden and mostly unexplored region of the web that few ever see, to help you search the haystacks with the most information you are looking for. […]