Bitterly cold arctic air has blanketed parts of the United States over the last week, with some areas getting snow and subzero temperatures. Along with the cold weather comes a natural event called ...

John Seiler was strolling across Virginia Tech’s campus with his students Thursday morning when something stopped them in their tracks: a sweet cherry tree with an unusual jagged scar running along ...

The Babylonians used separate combinations of two symbols to represent every single number from 1 to 59. That sounds pretty confusing, doesn’t it? Our decimal system seems simple by comparison, with ...

Oak trees change their fine roots and ‘energise’ soil microbes by supplying them with a cocktail of small organic compounds, all to supplement the trees’ supply of essential nutrients when exposed to ...

The classic 60/40 portfolio may steal the spotlight, but for investors looking to generate more income from their portfolio or feeling uneasy about the economy, its lesser-known cousin, the 40/60 ...

Decision-making in a marriage can often feel like a delicate balancing act. Here’s how the “two-yes, one-no” rule helps make decisions that allow your marriage to thrive. As most couples know, making ...

Veiled in gas and clouds, the Milky Way’s center does not easily give up secrets. The initial detection of its supermassive black hole (SMBH) decades ago posed as many riddles as it solved, including ...

I opened and funded Roth IRAs for my nieces and nephews, choosing the conservative Fidelity Balanced Fund for their initial investments. FBALX invests 60% in equities and the rest in bonds, aiming for ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- A group of organizations and businesses announced Wednesday they have joined in a legal action by Pahlisch Homes to require the City of Bend to pause the implementation of a new ...

Three, as Schoolhouse Rock! told children of the 1970s, is a magic number. Three little pigs; three beds, bowls and bears for Goldilocks; three Star Wars trilogies. You need at least three legs for a ...