Does ‘phone separation anxiety’ really exist?

Researchers last week warned that nomophobia – a phobia of being without your smartphone – is affecting everyone

Watches, monitors and lights – seven of the best gadgets for runners

Then market is saturated with new tech that can help keep athletes – whether veterans or newbies – safe, entertained and informed. Here are some of our favourites

Learning morality through gaming

If you’re looking for answers to life’s big philosophical questions, try playing a video game, says Jordan Erica Webber

Sleep gadgets: our writers put them to the test

From sunlight lamps to white noise devices, we roadtest popular gadgets to see if they can improve our sleep

Worried about your odour? At least a machine will tell you straight

A few years ago freelance journalist Nell Frizzell lost her sense of smell for 18 months. Now there’s an app to help you find out if you stink

No sweat: app aims to alert office workers when they start to stink

Japanese developers say device could help bring end to ‘sumehara’, or ‘smell harassment’, by those who disturb colleagues with their body odour

School clamps down on phones and Fitbits to ease body image worries

Stroud high school for girls says tech gadgets and social media exacerbate pressures leading to low self-esteem

#gymfails – why do we like watching people hurt themselves doing exercise?

The burgeoning Instagram genre celebrates mishaps by Lycra bros clanking iron. But its popularity shines a light on our conflicted relationship with the gym

‘Fitbit of sleep’: Apple buys night-time tracking firm Beddit

Company attempts to secure place in health market with acquisition of Finnish business specialising in tracking sleep quality, heart rate and snoring

Royal Institution’s new director Sarah Harper: we must show gold standard for science

Second woman to be appointed in RI’s 218-year history identifies role, in era of fake news, to supply trusted data across many issues from health to climate change and robotics