Only 2.5% of people can genuinely multitask. Here’s what science says it’s costing everyone else and how to get that focus ...

Only 2.5% of people can genuinely multitask. Here's what the science says about switch costs and how to get your focus back.

Confident you can multitask? Research shows the most certain people are usually worst at it. Here’s what brain science ...

We pride ourselves on doing more in less time, juggling emails, decisions, and deadlines as if productivity were a competitive sport. But what feels like efficiency is often just rapid task-switching, ...

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If Isabel Allende’s office needs to be painted, it has to be done by January 8 or put on hold. Every year, that’s the day she starts writing. The pattern goes back to January 8, 1981, when Allende ...

Good sailors can sail plenty fast, but their race results don’t always match that speed. I am coaching a guy like that. He has great focus; he can stare at the jib telltales as well as the fleet champ ...

A special class of sensors leverages quantum properties to measure tiny signals at levels that would be impossible using classical sensors alone. Such quantum sensors are currently being used to study ...

Dashia is the consumer insights editor for CNET. She specializes in data-driven analysis and news at the intersection of tech, personal finance and consumer sentiment. Dashia investigates economic ...

A version of this story appeared in CNN Business’ Nightcap newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Part of the pitch for artificial intelligence in the workplace goes like this: It ...

In the era of A.I. agents, many Silicon Valley programmers are now barely programming. Instead, what they’re doing is deeply, deeply weird. Credit...Illustration by Pablo Delcan and Danielle Del Plato ...