Pocket’s Top Stories of April 2023

There are ways of controlling the new technology—but first we have to stop mythologizing it.

Surgeons view Lasik as routine, but patient advocates and some experts say the complication rate is far higher than reported.

These tricks aren't illegal, but are certainly misleading.

After a rough start, the generation is thriving. Why doesn’t it feel that way?

It's like learning a new language—kind of.

How are we still getting caught in the rain?

It’s easy to get lost in its sea of jargon. But it has never been more important to get your bearings than today.

With a massive, charged nucleus orbited by tiny electrons, atoms are such simple objects. Miraculously, they make up everything we know.

Are you sitting comfortably? Well, get up! Stay healthy and supple by adding these basic movements to your daily routine.

Fed up parents, civil rights activists, newly awakened educators and lawmakers are crusading for “the science of reading.” Can they get results?

Milk is optional.

Productivity expert Donna McGeorge outlines four strategies that will help your brain do more by working less.

For decades, casinos scoffed as mathematicians and physicists devised elaborate systems to take down the house. Then an unassuming Croatian’s winning strategy forever changed the game.

Boundaries are important. But our relationships require a touch more compassion than some online blueprints offer.

You can think of a heat pump as an air conditioner that can also work backwards.

The Nordic nation has been ranked the happiest country on earth for six consecutive years. But when you talk to individual Finns, the reality is a bit more complicated.

Workism is rooted in the belief that employment can provide everything we have historically expected from organized religion.

There’s something off about LED bulbs — which will soon be, thanks to a federal ban, the only kind you can buy.

Finding it hard to move past a hurtful mistake? With these steps toward repair and renewal, you can do and feel better.

Computers have been digital for half a century. Why would anyone want to resurrect the clunkers of yesteryear?

These are the stories that Pocket readers saved most last month.