For more than three decades, Kathy Taylor built lacrosse teams the hard way. Not through shortcuts, spectacle, or indulgence, but through repetition, standards, and the unglamorous work of asking ...

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) renewed her criticism of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Tuesday as the Supreme Court heard arguments over whether states can enforce sex-based rules in school sports. In ...

In his inaugural address, Mayor Zohran Mamdani invoked the cuisines of New York as metaphors for the city’s diversity, ambitions and promise. By Andy Newman On the campaign trail, Zohran Mamdani’s ...

Once, every middle-class home had a piano and a dictionary. The purpose of the piano was to be able to listen to music before phonographs were available and affordable. Later on, it was to torture ...

It’s rare for a dictionary to claim that a word has no definition. But that’s what Dictionary.com said about its recently announced word of the year: “67,” pronounced “six-seven,” the slang term that ...

Dictionary.com has announced its 2025 Word of the Year, and if you're not up to speed on this year's slang, you may be puzzled by the outcome. The online dictionary announced on Oct. 29 that its Word ...

Repetition (doing the same thing repeatedly) is essential for learning and mastering new skills. Task repetition is a key to transforming short-term memories into long-term memories. Repetition is ...

With a couple months to spare, Dictionary.com announced its Word Of The Year on Wednesday. “Word” is being used pretty loosely here, as the winner of this prestigious honor is really number(s), and ...

I'm the princess and the pea when it comes to sofas. My husband will attest that I've had complaints about all four couches we've owned since getting married six years ago. Our first sofa felt flimsy, ...

Work in engineering, science, or technology can only be effective if it relies on precisely defined concepts. For the fundamental notions taught at school, particularly in mathematics, physics, and ...