Ask the Expert: How do student loans affect the ability to get a mortgage?
How do student loans affect my ability to get a mortgage? How do student loans affect the ability to get a mortgage? Your student loans don’t necessarily…
Month: July 2023
An upgrade that says ‘welcome!’
Compared to other updates you can make on your house, a beautiful front door doesn’t cost that much, but it does give a cheerful welcome to guests and…
Empower yourself with self-discipline
How different your life could be if you had more self-discipline in more areas? Unfortunately for most of us, we are disciplined only in certain parts of…
Professor’s last lecture tells a story about how to live
It’s not unusual for retiring professors to give a last lecture. When Carnegie Mellon University’s Randy Pausch gave his in 2008, he wasn’t retiring. He…
The iPhone becomes a botanist
Smart gadgets have become so smart that we might have to start calling them genius devices instead. Now, you can use the ubiquitous iPhone to quickly…
Passkeys, passwords, and logging into the future
In many ways, the internet has shrunk the world. It’s easy to keep in touch with friends and family across the globe and information about almost anything…
Your car might repossess itself
Imagine this. You’re running late for work. After you throw on your shoes and stuff your laptop into your bag, you rush out the door, angling for your…
Ferdinand Habsburg: The man who won’t be king
In 1531, Ferdinand I of the powerful Habsburg dynasty became the King of Germany, Bohemia, Hungary and Croatia, Archduke of Austria, and Holy Roman…
The short history of anti-perspirant
Humans have always smelled a little funky, and we’ve always been self-conscious about it. For thousands of years — long before modern indoor showers and…
Enjoy a day at the zoo
The best zoos in the U.S. aren’t just places for people to see animals up close — they protect and care for some of our planet’s most vulnerable…