Three things to know about the debt ceiling fight
If no spending agreement is reached, the United States could default on its outstanding loans as early as June 1. If that were to happen, then what?
Evening social media use linked to delayed sleep, study finds
A new study from Duke University and Yale University has discovered a causal association between evening social media use and delayed sleep.
We all need a three-day weekend, study says
A four-day workweek is becoming increasingly popular in different countries around the world, with some companies and governments trialing it as a new work...
Why is Tax Day on April 18 this year? How did early spring become...
Mid-April has arrived. And along with the spring sunshine, that means the often dreaded civic duty of finishing off one’s taxes.
Has GPT-4 really passed the startling threshold of human-level artificial intelligence?
GPT-4: Is artificial general intelligence (in this case, AI that performs at human level) achievable?
Beethoven’s genome provided insight into chronic health problems and cause of death
Researchers have analyzed DNA extracted from locks of hair attributed to the famous composer Ludwig van Beethoven to shed light on his health problems...
Ant-Man and Shazam prove superhero movies aren’t bulletproof. Is this the beginning of the...
For more than a decade, superhero movies have dominated the world of entertainment.
For Hollywood, they’ve been a constant in an ever-changing media landscape, an...
Americans’ IQ scores are lower in some areas, higher in one
IQ scores have substantially increased from 1932 through the 20th century, with differences ranging from three to five IQ points per decade, according to...
What’s next for the startups that banked with Silicon Valley Bank
For two days after the run on Silicon Valley Bank, hundreds of startups faced the prospect of losing millions and even billions of dollars of uninsured deposits in the bank.
Elite soccer players have higher risks of dementia
Elite male soccer players in Sweden are 1.5 times more likely to develop dementia than the general population.