NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to mathematician Eugenia Cheng about the Pascaline -- a 17th-century invention credited as the first mechanical calculator.

When I first heard my daughter was going to take abacus lessons after school, I didn’t really know what to make of it. I never touched one myself and just considered it one of those obsolete tools of ...

The results challenge claims that the climate risks posed by an individual fossil fuel project are negligible or cannot be quantified.

We’ve reached the point where Marjorie Taylor Greene is arguing to keep Americans’ health insurance premiums from spiraling, ...

We document that the positive differential on international portfolio returns, one aspect of the U.S. exorbitant privilege, has disappeared in three parts. Part One: U.S. international liabilities ...

Have you ever filled your Chipotle bowl to the brim with extra carnitas and thought, Wait, how much protein is too much? If so, you're not alone. There's a lot of hype on social media these days about ...

When we put our money in the market, or before we even do, one of the biggest questions we have is: How long will it take for this investment to really grow? Luckily, there's a mathematical shortcut ...

A person can create a calorie deficit by reducing the number of calories they eat, increasing their activity levels, or both. There are several ways to determine how many calories a person typically ...

Claiming Social Security at 63 reduces your monthly check by about 25% versus full retirement age—here’s what that actually means for your plan.

You know how life gives you curveballs? Mine arrived on a road trip across the country in 2021. I was just driving along, ...

In days gone by, it was just a matter of fact that one would have to be able to count back change to customers in any setting ...