WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s vaunted “Liberation Day” tariffs have worked — if liberating Americans from their jobs was the actual goal. The nation’s manufacturing sector, the very one Trump ...

Would you rather fight a horse-sized duck or 100 duck-sized horses? As silly as it sounds, the question captures a real dilemma: do you go for a few high-quality options, or many lower-quality ones? A ...

Americans typically score poorly in financial literacy tests. Yet they're on their own when it comes to making major financial decisions, from funding their retirement to buying a home, two economists ...

SEATTLE — Planning documents show that the U.S. Coast Guard has begun major upgrades at its Seattle base as it simultaneously looks to acquire a large section of the city’s waterfront from the Port of ...

I was looking over the week’s posts on Hackaday – it’s part of my job after all – and this gem caught my eye: a post about how to make your own RP2040 development board from scratch. And I’ll admit ...

A century ago, the strange behavior of atoms and elementary particles led physicists to formulate a new theory of nature. That theory, quantum mechanics, found immediate success, proving its worth ...

Astra, a female polar bear, at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington, on Nov. 14, 2023. Astra, a 4-year-old, 700-pound female, arrived Oct. 9, 2025 at Como Park Zoo & Conservatory in St.

A former polluted parking lot will soon be home to 96 new apartments in Central Islip, as construction gets underway at the One Carleton Green development. The mixed-use three-story building will ...

WESTLAKE, Ohio -- Work is nearly complete on the city’s nearly $5 million Parkside Athletic Field Complex on Hilliard Boulevard between Columbia and Clague roads. Workers last week were installing ...

Weaver ants’ feet have an incredibly strong grip—individual members of one species can, without slipping, hold an entire dead bird hanging off the edge of a table. And the mighty insects rarely work ...