Henry Louis Gates, Jr. reveals inspiring ancestors of novelist Amy Tan & poet Rita Dove. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. maps the roots of two award-winning writers: novelist Amy Tan and poet Rita Dove, ...

“New feet within my garden go” is the first line of Emily Dickinson’s iconic poem “My Garden,” which conveys a sense of wonder to those stepping into new ground and to those observing those steps.

Discover a fast and powerful calculus-based method for finding square roots with impressive accuracy. This explanation shows how derivatives and iterative approximation can be used to quickly zero in ...

Losing your phone can leave you in panic mode, especially when the battery dies. The good news is that both Apple and Android offer built-in tools that help you track a missing device even when it is ...

Focus more on networking than simply submitting more job applications, says Alan Stein, CEO of professional coaching company Kadima Careers. Career experts Alan Stein and Aaron Cleavinger say ...

Millions of drivers use Google Maps for driving directions, but it can also save parking spots. Both Maps and Waze (a Google company) can store your car's location using satellite technology and help ...

I’m a journalist, which is why, at first, I was shy to admit that I was writing a novel. After all, fiction is a funny thing. Part art, part science — it’s the kernel of truth, the real moment of an ...

Siul Ruiz receives funding from The Royal Society. James Le Houx does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and ...

A new report suggests that many people who belong to Gen Z use Find My and other apps to permanently share their location with groups of friends. A study earlier in the year found that 40% of Gen Z ...

For this week’s Open Questions column, Dhruv Khullar is filling in for Joshua Rothman. When David Fajgenbaum was a twenty-five-year-old medical student, at the University of Pennsylvania, he started ...