This video explains the history of a.m. and p.m., how they came from Latin timekeeping, and why noon and midnight are labeled differently than other hours. Trump announces 10 percent credit card cap ...

Chances are you’ve experienced the phenomenon of goosebumps. Maybe you were moved by a beautiful song or felt an intense rush of emotions. Or perhaps you were just cold. Goosebumps may seem like a ...

For 25 years, Pew Research Center has tracked some of the biggest technological shifts in history. Note: We conducted polls via phone from 2000 to 2021; via web and mail in 2023; and via web, mail and ...

In a useful entry in the growing canon of “quit lit,” Charles Knowles blends science and memoir to persuade readers to cut down on alcohol. Credit...Anthony Kwan for The New York Times Supported by By ...

Dr. Grant, a contributing Opinion writer, is an organizational psychologist at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. In ancient Greek mythology, a man who falls in love with his own ...

Google Maps is one of the best navigation apps. It is preinstalled on most Android phones and is usually the first app I open when I need directions. Over the years, Google has introduced a steady ...

Within hours of a gunman opening fire inside a classroom at Brown University, the FBI and local police announced they had detained a person of interest in the shooting, which left two students dead ...

Fears about AI data centers’ water use have exploded. Experts say the reality is far more complicated than people think. When I called him to talk more about AI and water, Masley emphasized that he’s ...

Most often, when we talk about fishing, it’s the physical aspects we are concerned with: how to catch, what to catch, etcetera? But what about the metaphysical? The Why. The Why is at least as ...

Mention Stephen King’s It to anyone, and they’ll immediately think of the malevolent Pennywise the Dancing Clown. Some might think of Tim Curry from the ‘90s TV version, others the version from the ...

NEW YORK - JULY 13: A close-up of a pair of ruby slippers on a waxwork Judy Garland as Dorothy inside "The Wizard of Oz" 4-D experience at Madame Tussauds on July 13, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by ...