Exams are over and college students are home for the holiday break. Parents are certain to ask what they learned this semester. There’s a better question: Why did you learn this semester? I think this ...

Economists say that a typical middle-class family today is richer than one in the 1960s. Americans in their 20s and 30s don’t believe it. By Sabrina Tavernise A nerdy economics essay recently went ...

In 1980, neither China nor India had much representation in the “global middle class” — people who neither belong to the bottom half of the income distribution nor rank among the top 10% worldwide.

A recent Gallup poll asked about employees' use of AI at work. Nearly half said they use it at least a few times a year. There were some big differences between industries. The use of AI tools among ...

PythoC lets you use Python as a C code generator, but with more features and flexibility than Cython provides. Here’s a first look at the new C code generator for Python. Python and C share more than ...

USB-C is everywhere in 2025. If you've felt like every new device you buy, from smartphones to laptops and tablets, uses a USB-C port for charging, you're not imagining things. USB-C has quickly ...

America’s middle class is weary. After nearly five years of high prices, many middle-class earners thought life would be more affordable by now. Costs for goods and services are 25% above where they ...

THE ALPHABET is easy to take for granted. Children memorise it before they know why it matters. Then it’s off to reading, and learning the sounds of the letters and how they combine. After that, many ...

A lawsuit from users alleges that the streaming giant falsely represents that playlists and recommendations are tailored to listeners when they're actually subject to influence from major labels. By ...

To use artificial intelligence, or not to use AI? That is the question that all students and their educators face in today’s age. While people have been endlessly arguing the pros and cons of ...

The term “antisemitism” is anesthetized, imprecise, and historically obtuse jargon that is meant to obscure evil beliefs. Regrettably, I’ve been using the term to describe hatred toward Jews for ...

It's hard to understate just how much the aircraft carrier has changed the face of naval warfare, as well as global geopolitical power itself since the beginning of the Second World War. Throughout ...