These magic tricks look impossible the first time they’re seen. Each one relies on simple techniques and clever misdirection.

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For Americans of a certain age, there may be no bigger question than this. At what age should I take Social Security? At age 62? Sixty-five? Seventy? The question matters, because your monthly Social ...

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Even if he’d never played Bond, we still get the sense that Pierce Brosnan is the type of man who was born to wear a suit. On Monday night, at the King’s Trust Carol Concert—an annual, star-studded ...

The modern financial system is a house of cards, according to a popular metaphor on both the left and the right. It turns out this is literally true. From 1970 to 1990, the world moved from a 19th ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — To get your presents into the hands of friends and family, they first have to be sorted and ride miles of conveyor belts through the U.S. Postal Service facilities. The USPS can ...

Life gets busy, and sometimes those basic math skills from school days get a little rusty. Whether you're budgeting, measuring for a DIY project, or just having a math-related brain teaser thrown your ...

Remembering everything you learn might seem like an insurmountable task, but it doesn't have to be so daunting. By adopting a few strategic memory-boosting techniques, you can transform forgetfulness ...

A lot of people tell me they want a new credit card for the sign-up bonus. They're usually right. A good welcome bonus is the single fastest way to earn at least a few hundred dollars in value. But ...

Clinical psychologist that I am, I aim to fulfill every reader's request. So when a female reader asked for a list of five ways to make husbands happy, not including being intimate, as a companion ...