These harnesses are increasingly popular, but experts are divided on how useful they are. I decided to give one a try ...

Wi-Fi has freed us from wires, delivering increasingly speedy connectivity to every corner of our homes and workplaces. Wi-Fi can do more than beam data back and forth, though. Scientists from ...

In the US, the message is clear: sitting up straight is good, and slouching is bad. But Beth Linker, author of "Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America", says it's more complicated than that. In her ...

A few years ago, I went to see a physical therapist for back issues. He analyzed the problem and then said, “On the plus side, you’re in good physical shape, and you have pretty good posture.” “What ...

A recent history of the 20th-century movement to fix slouching questions the moral and political dimensions of addressing bad backs over wider public health concerns. Skeletons used in a museum in ...

Regardless of class, the demands of an industrialized economy undeniably affected human posture. The creation of Henry Ford’s assembly line—informed by the principles of “Taylorism”—made work ...