A financial “security” is nothing more than a claim on some stream of cash flows that investors expect to be delivered into ...

An Abacus poll conducted in September, 2025, reported that 44 per cent of respondents believed crime had gotten worse over ...

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The amygdala is part of the limbic system, which regulates emotional and behavioral responses. An amygdala hijack is a fight-or-flight response to stress. To better understand what an amygdala hijack ...

Incandescent bulbs were supposed to be relics, pushed aside by compact fluorescents and then by ultra-efficient LEDs. Instead ...

An assortment of absurd, useful and funny words and phrases entered the vernacular this year. How well do you know them? By Miya Lee and Kendall Blomfield By the end of 2024, words like slop, brat, ...

A quirky way to encourage post-war Britons to save is finding new fans among high earners keen to cut their tax bill. Premium Bonds, which award tax-free sums to holders at random while preserving ...

Half advice show. Half survival guide. Half absurdity-fest. (Wait, how does this work again? We're not numbers people.) Each episode, we answer all your burning questions, from how to survive a public ...

This post is a review of Rationality: What It Is. Why It Seems Scarce. Why It Matters. By Steven Pinker. Viking. 432 pp. $32. Forty-two percent of Americans believe in possession by the devil.

Doug Wintemute is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor. After completing his master’s in English at York University, he began his writing career in the higher education space. Over the past decade, Doug ...

In the United States, flu season typically lasts from October to May. The flu virus affects people of all ages each year, and symptoms include coughing, runny nose, fever, chills, body aches, and ...