Decades of cognitive research reveal that parrots can understand what numbers represent. Here’s how these birds use them to ...

If we gift my house to our daughter and continue to live in it, I understand we would have to pay full market rent. If we survive for seven years after the gift has been made, does our daughter take ...

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Elevated interest rates and record-high consumer debt continue to impact the economy and strain borrowers. Despite cooling inflation, prices aren't coming down fast enough to provide meaningful relief ...

The teenager was researching the Miura-ori fold when Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida and wildfires raged in Southern California. “I thought maybe these origami patterns, which are strong and ...

In our weekly series, readers can email in with any financial dilemma and enter the Money Moral Maze. Are your friends racking up big drinks tabs and then trying to split the bill equally; is your ...

With blended families now accounting for more than one in 10 Australian families with dependent children, estate planning for families of all shapes and sizes has never been more important. Without a ...

You can talk to the chatbot like it's a friendly acquaintance, and it'll help you get a lot done. Amanda Smith is a freelance journalist and writer. She reports on culture, society, human interest and ...

Using Science to Improve the BLM Wild Horse and Burro Program: A Way Forward reviews the science that underpins the Bureau of Land Management's oversight of free-ranging horses and burros on federal ...