Get ahead in Silicon Valley: take nootropic brain drugs

Some in Silicon Valley claim that a combination of supplements, over-the-counter medications and other chemicals taken together can improve cognitive function

FGM awareness web app launched to inform girls at risk

Petals, developed with the help of Coventry schoolchildren, aims to give teenagers facts about female genital mutilation without detection

Kitchen gadgets review: Nutribullet – the conversational mainstay of fitness bores

But what the Nutri-dullards don’t tell you is that this ‘nutrition extractor’ isn’t for healthy people – it’s for lazy people. And it’s brilliant!

Green is the new black: the unstoppable rise of the healthy-eating guru

They’re young, photogenic, big on Instagram and top bestseller lists around the world – but how much do the new breed of wellness bloggers know about food? Hadley Freeman enters the world of #yummy #avotoast to find out

Festivals, flights and fulfilment: welcome to the post-digital world

However well-connected it makes us, cyberspace is lonely. That’s why, more and more, we are looking for live experiences

Beware a future where health monitoring by wearables is the norm

As wearable devices are equipped with advanced health-tracking technology, how long before third parties use this information to gauge how well we are?

Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari review – for everyone whose date never texted back

Sexting, snooping, cheating … the comedian takes a light-hearted tour through the minefield of dating in the age of the smartphone

Popularity of ‘hookup apps’ blamed for surge in sexually transmitted infections

Health officials in Rhode Island and Utah attribute an uptick in STDs including syphilis, gonorrhea and HIV cases to use of apps like Grindr and Tinder

Dawn of the cyborgs: how humans will turn themselves into gods

Historian Yuval Harari says humanity is heading for an upgrade – via biological manipulation or the creation of a race of cyborgs

Screen time v play time: what tech leaders won’t let their own kids do

Steve Jobs and Jonathan Ive designed some of the world’s most desirable tech – but imposed strict limits on their own children using it. What rules do others set?