How much do you really know about your ancestors? Maybe you know what countries they came from, what languages they spoke or what tribes they belonged to. But the details that help us understand ...

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 ...

Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing about writing, books, personal finance, and home maintenance since 2012. When not writing, Jeff spends his free time fixing up his old house. He has ...

Stage and screen stars and Oklahoma natives Kristin Chenoweth and Tracy Letts, along with former Oklahoma City Thunder star Chris Paul, will be featured on the upcoming season of "Finding Your Roots." ...

If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle the easiest pieces first. But this kind of sorting has a cost.

If you’ve ever sipped a café au lait in the French Quarter, you have tasted chicory’s signature notes. But hidden in that cup is a humble root whose story is bigger than a single sip. To learn more ...