Don’t be embarrassed. You’re not alone. But new research suggests that using your smartphone on the potty significantly increases your chances of developing hemorrhoids.

Are you spending endless hours scrolling through social media and wonder if there's a way to transform this habit into a ...

In 2005, Travis Oliphant was an information scientist working on medical and biological imaging at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, when he began work on NumPy, a library that has become a ...

Adults who brought their smartphones to the bathroom spent more time on the toilet and had a nearly 50 percent higher risk of hemorrhoids, according to a new study. In a new study, participants who ...

Ariel Messman-Rucker is an Oakland-born journalist who now calls the Pacific Northwest her home. When she’s not writing about politics and queer pop culture, she can be found reading, hiking, or ...

The TikTok algorithm, built by its Chinese parent ByteDance Ltd., is what has made the app so popular with half of America. The enormously powerful technology can master the intricacies of our ...

There may be a hidden health risk to scrolling on the john, according to a new study. We’ve all done it (well, most of us, anyway). Scrolling on your phone while you’re on the toilet is a common habit ...

State officials denied a petition submitted by the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners that sought to ease selenium standards on Lake Koocanusa. The petition failed to “provide sufficient evidence” ...

They look, move and even smell like the kind of furry Everglades marsh rabbit a Burmese python would love to eat. But these bunnies are robots meant to lure the giant invasive snakes out of their ...