The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at UC Berkeley, George Dantzig—a first-year graduate student—copied two problems ...

It's a new year and many people are making goals to improve their health in 2026. While quality sleep may sound like a simple way to improve your health, between 50 million and 70 million Americans ...

Running may help with weight loss in a few ways. It burns calories in the moment, it can help your body continue to burn calories after you’re done, and it may help reduce appetite. Running can also ...

There are plenty of technological ways to cut down on spam calls, but this is the one that works best. Jeff Carlson writes about mobile technology for CNET. He is also the author of dozens of how-to ...

All gym routines have an element of predictability about them, so when a fresh way of lifting weights—like the 6-12-25 workout—sweeps through social media, there is always a temptation to try it, if ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Charlene Rhinehart is a CPA , CFE, chair of an Illinois CPA Society committee, and has a ...

What Is Free-Float Methodology? The free-float methodology is a widely accepted system for calculating the market capitalization of companies listed in stock indexes. By focusing only on shares ...