As part of this editorial board’s ongoing election coverage and endorsement process, we reached out to candidates for state ...

Workers aged 60 to 63 can contribute up to $35,750 to their 401(k)s in 2026. Younger workers have lower contribution limits. Save as much as you can, even if you can't afford to take advantage of the ...

As of January 1, 2026, the Roth catch-up requirement for retirement plans is officially in place. Employees aged 50 and older who earned more than $150,000 in the prior year must now make their ...

Axiom Math is giving away a powerful new AI tool. But it remains to be seen if it speeds up research as much as the company hopes. Axiom Math, a startup based in Palo Alto, California, has released a ...

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. In 1997, Deep Blue, a supercomputer built by IBM, did the unexpected: it defeated chess ...

The central limit theorem started as a bar trick for 18th-century gamblers. Now scientists rely on it every day. No matter where you look, a bell curve is close by. Place a measuring cup in your ...

I love teaching. I’m grateful to the students and colleagues who touched my life. But the job is exhausting and the salary is modest. A fair pension helps offset those challenges. At age 57, I retired ...

Valued at $1.6 billion, a tiny start-up called Axiom is building A.I. systems that can check for mistakes. Valued at $1.6 billion, a tiny start-up called Axiom is building A.I. systems that can check ...

It’s been literal months since you last saw your bestie. Sure, you text almost every day, but you don’t actually talk about the deep stuff. When you think about it, you realize you don’t really ...