In the 15th Century cocky composers sometimes showed off by writing compositions that could be played backwards as well as forwards. These compositions, called cancrizans or “crab style” (because of a ...

Since the reversal of Roe v. Wade in 2022, anti-abortion rights advocates have continuously pursued laws and court cases to make access to abortion more difficult. A report published Tuesday finds ...

This nine-digit number identifies your bank or credit union in a financial transaction. Routing numbers are nine-digit codes that identify banks or credit unions in financial transactions. The codes ...

In its 250th year, is America, land of immigration, becoming a country of emigration? Last year the U.S. experienced something that hasn’t definitively occurred since the Great Depression: More people ...

Economists are viewing the delayed November consumer price index report with a dose of skepticism. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the annual headline inflation rate and core CPI rate for ...

Dictionary.com announced its Word of the Year in October, and it's one that's been trending among youngsters. The word doesn't hold any true meaning, and is "impossible to define." However, that ...

Passing on the classic 555 number, “Stranger Things” is the latest show to offer Easter eggs for viewers who try to call a fictional character. By Victor Mather In the final season of the Netflix hit ...

Some atoms are stable, while others seem to fall apart. Lead-208 will probably last forever, while the synthetic isotope technetium-99 exists for just hours. The difference lies in the structure of ...

Pew Research Center conducted this research to understand changes in the unauthorized immigrant population in the United States. The Center has published estimates of the U.S. unauthorized immigrant ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Something cool already started this May—palindrome dates! That’s right, a string of days that read the same backward and forward, creating a rare and magical moment on the calendar.