The World from PRX

Manoush Zomorodi

What's happening in this bored young woman's brain? Scientists aren't totally sure, but suspect that it is mostly beneficial
Technology
One woman’s plan to take your creativity back from your phone — by making you bored
People are silhouetted as they pose with mobile devices in front of a screen projected with a Facebook logo
Culture
This is why you should leave racists in your Facebook feed
Airline meal
Global Scan
Now you can have airline food without leaving the ground
A commuter reads on a Kindle e-reader while riding the subway in Cambridge, Mass. Neuroscience says the way his brain treats reading on the Kindle is different than the way the brain processes the newspaper next to him.
Technology
Your paper brain and your Kindle brain aren’t the same thing