When I first encountered the idea of “aura points” — TikTok lexicon that took off in the late spring of 2024, meaning it’s basically an archival trend now — I’ll admit it. I went for the bait. Bless ...

While environmental and operational sustainability initiatives are easier to quantify, social initiatives pose a greater challenge. Living in a time marked by numerous sources of distraction and a ...

Why do individuals value bread less than gold, when bread seems to be more important in supporting an individual’s life than gold? To provide an answer to this question, economists refer to the law of ...

Artificial intelligence systems are thirsty, consuming as much as 500 milliliters of water – a single-serving water bottle – for each short conversation a user has with the GPT-3 version of OpenAI’s ...

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Bloomington’s water utility is proposing a 20% rate increase, which would add about $6 to the average residential customer's monthly bill. Officials said the increase is needed to cover rising ...

HELOCs, or home equity lines of credit, give homeowners a way to leverage the growing value of their house for anything from renovations to college tuition — and enjoy 10 years of interest-only ...

Home equity is the portion of a house that the homeowner holds outright — the difference between the house's value and the total amount they owe on the home. As their equity increases, homeowners can ...