The native just-in-time compiler in Python 3.15 can speed up code by as much as 20% or more, although it’s still experimental ...

As of 2024, the average American had a net worth of $620,654, according to a recent report on global wealth by UBS. (1) But if that number sounds surprisingly high and disconnected from your lived ...

Spotify Wrapped was released on Wednesday, providing users of the music streaming app with personalized year-end statistics and data, including their most-played artists, songs and albums of 2025. Now ...

A government shutdown in October 2025 threatens funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Ohio plans to spend $25 million on food aid if federal SNAP benefits lapse on November ...

As someone who’s been playing golf for over 15 years—and as a former Division I golfer—I can honestly say that one of my biggest breakthroughs came when I finally learned my carry distances. For years ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine that someone gives you a list of five numbers: 1, 6, 21, 107, and—wait for it—47,176,870. Can you guess what comes next? If ...

Worker confidence in the ability to find a job has hit a record low. Employers in nearly every industry have cut back on hiring, according to the latest data, leaving job seekers with fewer places to ...

While there are no established averages, there are still ideas around what different pull-up routines look like based on your ability level. Pull-ups are an exercise traditionally used to measure ...

Our phones are a direct line to us, but sometimes we don’t want to give our numbers out to just anyone. They have more information attached to them than we might realize. Instead of giving your real ...

If you’ve ever met true geniuses, you probably already noticed that they don’t operate the way regular people do. It almost feels like people just know they’re smarter, doesn’t it? Truth be told, ...

Americans in their 20s and 30s are planning to have fewer children than a decade ago, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of government data. The total number of children that women and men ...

Americans think they need $1.26 million on average to retire, a new survey shows. But that might not be enough. My personal goal is more like $2.5 million. Learn how to calculate your own "magic ...