The government shutdown has raised lots of questions about the retirement process, and retirement benefits, for federal ...

Insects that tuck away their wings using origami creases have inspired foldable structures for drones and solar panels that ...

A way into lucid dreaming is to ‘really get obsessed with your dreams’, says Dr Ken Paller.Illustration: Carmen Casado/The Guardian Usually, we don’t have much say in what we dream about. Our brains ...

It’s their country and they’ll do what they want to. Sometimes all it takes is going outside of the US to quickly realize how Americans really have their own specific way of doing things. Some habits ...

Ever notice yourself doing something a little different from everyone else and wonder if it means anything? It turns out, some of those quirky habits might actually be signs of intelligence. The way ...

Stress, challenges and failure are a part of life, but how we emotionally respond to them can shape our future. As Shakespeare put it, “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so” — ...

Modern self-help books keep rediscovering practices that boomers never stopped doing instinctively, repackaging their normal ...

YouTuber Mike Shake has taken DIY weapon-making to a wild new level with his latest project, which is a fully functional ...

Having an open mind is crucial when it comes to dating. You never know who’s going to swoop in and steal your heart, and if you’re too picky, you can miss out on potentially beautiful connections. I ...

My father passed away in July 2024. I was not named in his will. I could not imagine how sneaky, dishonest and greedy a person my sister, the executor of his will, turned out to be regarding the ...

(CNN) — The cost of living got even more expensive for Americans last month, with prices rising at the fastest pace since the start of the year. Consumer prices rose 0.3% in September, which drove the ...

When did we start wearing mountain gear to the grocery store? That’s one of the driving questions in “Gear,” a new seven-part miniseries from the podcast Articles of Interest that gets to the origins ...