Knowledge about the drug's structure would help researchers understand what happened -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The traditional path to happiness doesn't work for many, so here's how to bring more meaning into your everyday life.The "standard" blueprint for a happy life usually reads something like this: Go to college. Get a job in a big corporation that provides good benefits. Find a partner. Have children. Buy a house. Raise your children. Retire and hope to go on a cruise (before you die of a heart attack.)Read Full Story

As recently as this month, top AI experts outside Google questioned whether such a victory could be achieved anytime soon. The post In a Huge Breakthrough, Google’s AI Beats a Top Player at the Game of Go appeared first on WIRED.

Peace petition leads to arrests and university investigations -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Here are non-work related tasks you can tackle during your lunch hour that will make your evenings and weekends at home easier.As a parent, it's tempting to work through your lunch hour each day, hoping that you'll get a few extra things done to allow you to leave the office on time, or maybe even a few minutes early. But working through lunch doesn't always guarantee you'll leave at 5 p.m. Instead, here are six non-work-related tasks you can tackle during your lunch hour that will make your evenings and weekends at home easier.Read Full Story

The city's commissioner of consumer affairs has sent subpoenas to four sellers of the vulnerable devices demanding answers on their security practices. The post NYC Launches Investigation Into Hackable Baby Monitors appeared first on WIRED.

Journalist Jo Marchant explores surprising new research into curing the body with the mind -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The makeup giant recently launched Sephora Accelerate, its version of a startup incubator—just don't expect it to give you tons of money.When Corrie Conrad got a call from Sephora last year asking if she'd be interested in a job with the makeup retailer, she was initially unenthused. She'd been working at Google for eight years and wasn't really looking to leave. But her interest was piqued when Sephora mentioned its plans to focus on social impact. "I've been passionate about that for the last decade," Conrad says. Prior to Google, she worked with the Clinton Foundation, lived and worked in Rwanda, and received her masters in international development from Princeton. "I realized I shared a vision with the executive leadership here, and that vision was helping Sephora use our strengths for even greater good in our communities."Read Full Story