Ask the Expert: Getting the best mortgage interest rate
I know that the higher your credit score, the lower your mortgage interest rate will be. Is there a formula for calculating an interest rate? There is no…
Month: November 2024
How to win the home sale beauty contest
Listing your home for sale is like entering a beauty pageant. The contestants — your rivals for the crown — are all the other homes for sale in the…
Classic video game might reduce trauma flashbacks
For those plagued by intrusive thoughts from previous trauma, psychological help is essential. But for some trauma sufferers, one aspect of their…
Angry nation: Why are we fuming?
That rotten printer. It always needs something — ink, attention, paper — and now it isn’t working. Horrible tech! Take this you dumb box: Whack!…
Good intentions can create unexpected incentives
If you are looking for clues that explain human behavior, consider the effect of incentives. In a possibly apocryphal story from India under British…
Your next hotel stay is printing now
The world’s first 3-D printed hotel, called El Cosmico, is officially under construction in Texas, and it’s not like anything you’ve ever seen before….
AI is hungry and you’re on the menu
Across all social media platforms, users defiantly post statements that read something like: “I do not give permission for my personal data to be used.”…
Tech gifts to look for on Black Friday
The day after Thanksgiving, often called Black Friday, and the days that follow are some of the prime shopping days of the year, and a great time to knock…
Solved: The case of the missing silver fork
Around 1861, a homemaker in Williamsburg, Virginia, lost a valuable silver dinner fork. She probably blamed the neighbors, but a new investigation reveals…
Here’s the tick-tock on time
It was 1907 when Englishman William Willett proposed advancing clocks 20 minutes each Sunday in April and reversing them in September. He said daylight…