Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena will host most of the men's Olympic tournament. Maja Hitij / Getty Images For the first time in 12 years, NHL players will compete in the Olympic men’s hockey ...

If you look closely at the ice behind an NHL net, you’ll see two diagonal lines forming a four-sided shape. This is the trapezoid, and it wasn’t put there for decoration. It is a permanent tactical ...

If a child has health insurance through both parents, the birthday rule determines which parent's coverage pays first and which pays second. The birthday rule for health insurance says coverage of the ...

Each fall, golfers in cooler climates invoke the "leaf rule" to lobby for a free drop when they can’t find their ball under a pile of foliage. Some use it as a concession to appease a frustrated ...

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has approved amendments that would replace the long-standing $25,000 minimum equity rule for pattern day trading. The change is pending approval by the ...

Want guac in your burrito bowl or extra legroom on your flight? A new financial guideline might help you decide. It is called “the 0.01% rule.” It states that if you are torn about making a purchase, ...

Amid the chaos of revolutionary France, one man’s mathematical obsession gave way to a calculation that now underpins much of mathematics and physics. The calculation, called the Fourier transform, ...

Three decades ago, financial adviser Bill Bengen created a retirement principle called the 4% rule. It went viral. Now, the rule is getting an update. The 4% rule says you should plan to spend 4% of ...

On this episode of The Long View, Nick Maggiulli, author, blogger, and chief operating officer and data scientist at Ritholtz Wealth Management, discusses why net worth is key when it comes to ...

Archaeologists in Poland discovered 5,500-year-old tombs dubbed “Polish pyramids.” The oversized graves feature earthen mounds in a trapezoidal shape, some stretching 656 feet in length. The scene ...

Despite being the most abundant element in the universe, making cheap, clean hydrogen here on Earth has been a surprisingly tough nut to crack. “Hydrogen has always been plagued with a couple problems ...

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