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Could This App Replace Commenting On Mobile Devices?

Polar for Publishers redesigns the idea of online engagement as mobile devices take over the Internet.

Could This App Replace Commenting On Mobile Devices?

Design’s Next Big Frontier? Shaping Behavior In Real Time

If CES proved anything, it’s that designers finally have the tools to truly influence behavioral patterns. Watch out, world.

Design’s Next Big Frontier? Shaping Behavior In Real Time

4 Surprising App-Design Principles, From The Instagram Of Quick Quizzes

Designer Luke Wroblewski describes the sometimes counterintuitive tactics he used to make Polar stand out from the crowd.

4 Surprising App-Design Principles, From The Instagram Of Quick Quizzes

Infographic of the Day: Greenland Is Melting Away

Impact

This new gene-editing method means scientists are closer to reshaping our DNA to cure disease

This mayor thinks basic income is the road out of structural inequality

There’s a new use for America’s dying malls: co-working

Creativity

HBO launches fun animated behind-the-scenes series Backstories for Game of Thrones, Insecure fans

Hulu’s terrific new series Ramy is the show I wish I’d had growing up as a Muslim American

Barnes and Noble will put the Mueller report on your tablet for free

Co.Design

These gorgeous tiles are glazed in volcanic ash from Mount Etna

Sidewalk Labs’s ambitious smart city plans now face a legal battle

See Everlane’s first sneaker. It’s green, cheap, and so normcore-chic

Work Life

How to replace executives without a company shake-up

Why you should always ask for more money

How to confront bias without alienating people