The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

Erie County Executive Brenton Davis' Community Works Program is causing a dispute with county judges and the district attorney. Judges and the DA argue the program improperly lets inmates out for work ...

“Bridgerton” fans: write a letter. Q. What do I do at my advanced but healthy age when my new love isn’t vegan, but trying … by using me to educate and convert him to a progressive plant-based diet ...

The time has arrived. This week and next, as you travel the roads and bike paths of Anchorage, stop for a moment. Look at the forest around you. Pocket parks or wide swaths of dedicated parkland. See ...

Military personnel in uniforms bearing Texas National Guard patches are seen at the U.S. Army Reserve Center, Oct. 7, 2025, in Elwood, Ill., a suburb of Chicago. Re: “Texas troops could deploy — ...

There are three commands you can use to find out what the IP address of a website is, and they’re all easy to use. Let’s see what you’re required to do: Find the IP address using the ping command Find ...

Amid growing complaints from both ruling and Opposition parties over duplicate names in voter lists, the State Election ...

The stacks at Harvard’s Widener Library are, I have come to believe, the best place to hide if you want to spend an afternoon reading uninterrupted but not alone. Widener has that rare charm conferred ...

Usually, whenever a new feature comes out for Windows, Microsoft advertises it widely in a blog post to let everyone know. Or if they don't, people discover the feature soon after an update. However, ...

In John Snobelen’s excellent op-ed “Carney should be channelling toughness of Canuck old-timer” (Oct. 11), in response to Prime Minister Mark Carney’s meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump he ...

The 2025 college football season rolls into Week 7 with another full slate of action on CBS Sports Network -- seven games spread across five days, featuring everything from midweek Conference USA ...

As the Nov. 4 election draws near, a reminder that the final day to publish letters about the measures or candidates on the ballot is Oct. 28. It can take a week or longer for letters to get published ...