“Friending” wasn’t a verb before social networks like MySpace, Friendster, and Facebook existed. As if our daily social interactions weren’t already complicated enough, Facebook has created a space where we’re forced to redefine social terms …

A young Jewish boy walks in a crowd of prisoners heading towards an Auschwitz death camp. Suddenly, his parents are pulled from him. The boy’s mother screams out his name, “Erik!” He yells back, “Mama! …

According to a 2012 Science Direct study, phantom vibration—a phenomenon where you think your phone is vibrating but it’s not—has existed only since the launch of mobile phones. This “syndrome” is a sign of the …