ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece -- The Olympic flame began its journey Wednesday to the Milan Cortina Winter Games missing a little of its usual magic. Bad weather lashing western Greece forced organizers to ...

The neutral rate—the interest rate at which monetary policy is neither accommodative nor restrictive—is a theoretical concept that cannot be directly observed, only estimated. The neutral rate is an ...

As an eyeshadow minimalist, I can’t stand buying a giant palette only for the ultra-colorful and glittery eyeshadow shades to sit untouched. No matter how hard I try to spice up my eye makeup, the ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

As more LGBTQ+ people marry and have families, they’re welcoming a growing number of nonbinary, gender-neutral, and gender-expansive relatives. But the titles used for relatives tend to be ...

Have you ever found yourself staring at a blank page, trying to organize a complex idea or process, but not knowing where to start? Whether it’s mapping out a workflow, designing an organizational ...

What is a twin flame? Much like a soulmate or a karmic relationship, it’s the kind of union that feels written in the stars. There’s an unexplainable, instant familiarity—like you’ve known each other ...

For most drivers, a vehicle's automatic transmission — the most common kind of transmission nowadays, more's the pity — has three settings: Drive, Park, and Reverse. Most automatic transmissions, ...

In his book The Mathematical Universe, mathematician William Dunham wrote of John Venn’s namesake legacy, the Venn diagram, “No one in the long history of mathematics ever became better known for less ...

When natural gas from deep underground reservoirs escapes from cracks in the rock, it can sometimes burn autonomously for thousands of years. Humans have long been fascinated by the mysterious natural ...

Now that he’s Lutheran, the rapper’s music has changed along with his theology. Nearly 15 years ago, Christian hip-hop artist Flame put out his first solo album, Captured. Since then, the Grammy- and ...