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I recently traveled to Switzerland to go to the sky-high wellness mecca Bürgenstock Resort Lake Lucerne. As the funicular whisked me up the steep mountainside, breaks in the trees revealed spring-green hills and moody blue water thousands of feet below—but, tragically, I was missing it all because I was frantically trying to check a work-related email that wouldn’t load. Finally, I looked up in frustration and saw the surreal scenery passing me by. What was I even doing? Here I was in an alpine paradise, on my way to a wellness spa, and I was stressing myself out over something trivial that most definitely could wait. I switched my phone to do-not-disturb mode and kept it that way for the rest of the trip. I’m hardly alone in feeling the stress of constant connectivity, especially when it comes to work and that slippery habit that conditions us to respond, Pavlovian-style, to every ding, buzz and vibration from all of our different devices. According to the 202...

The thermometer read 80 degrees in New York last month when I headed to Newark International Airport. But inside the airport I was met with air so cool I topped my T-shirt with a sweater … then a denim jacket … and then the scarf I always bring in my carry-on bag . Sound familiar? Airports often seem to border walk-in meat-cooler territory, and there’s a lot of speculation out there as to why. But what’s the real reason, and why does it seem so hard to get right? Ken Warren, a mechanical professional engineer and assistant director of aviation facilities and infrastructure at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport , knows firsthand the difficulties of managing passenger comfort: “Being a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) engineer for an airport requires you to understand the type of space you’re looking at, the situations you need to apply HVAC techniques to in order to provide the best air quality and the best delivery for the public...

There are few things more humbling than losing a french fry to a bird. I mean, picture it. One second, you’re living your best summer life: toes in the sand, SPF applied like you’re a responsible adult, paper carton of boardwalk fries carefully balanced in your lap. The next, a seagull swoops in with the confidence of a tiny, winged criminal and makes off with your snack like it paid $14.99 for those fries itself. I wish I could say I would handle this gracefully. I would not. I would gasp. I would point. I would probably screech, “Excuse me?!” to a bird. But apparently, science has found a way to help us protect our beach snacks from avian beggars, and it is so deeply silly that I almost can’t believe it works. But it’s true: Researchers studying herring gulls found a trick that can make some birds slower to approach and less likely to peck. In other words, the beach bully circling your chips may be easier to deter than you’d think. And whil...

Grandma and Uncle Joe aren’t the only guests receiving wedding invitations these days. There’s a growing trend on social media where couples have started mailing invites for their big day to their favorite brands just for fun—and surprisingly, some have actually reached back out! While there’s no guarantee every business will respond, of course, enough couples have had success to warrant giving this a try. And whether it’s a handwritten congratulatory note or some cool swag from the company, that little gesture can go a long way to making a couple’s celebration even more special. Some of the most talked-about companies that have done this, according to @themakeshiftproject on Instagram? In-N-Out Burger, which has reportedly sent couples meal vouchers, T-shirts and other branded goodies, and Starbucks, where newlyweds say they’ve received mugs, coffee beans and gift cards. Meanwhile, Star Wars fans have also tried their luck with production c...

You’ve spent years getting good at what you do. You know the systems, the shortcuts, the unspoken rules. You have the degrees and the experience. But lately, you may have had a questioning moment—perhaps while watching an artificial intelligence (AI) tool write an email, build a report or generate content in seconds—where it occurred to you, “Hey, this is great!” but also, “Wait—will anyone else notice it can do my job?” It’s a quiet kind of panic. No one has mentioned a layoff, and all of the higher-ups keep encouraging the use of AI. But that creeping sense that things you do every day are getting easier to automate (and harder to defend) is lurking. Research from McKinsey & Co. suggests that with generative AI, up to 30% of the work people do now—their actual day-to-day tasks—could be automated by 2030. The 2025 Future of Jobs Report from the World Economic Forum (WEC) says nearly 40% of workers’ existing s...