Amanda Smith is a freelance journalist and writer. She reports on culture, society, human interest and technology. Her stories hold a mirror to society, reflecting both its malaise and its beauty.

A student walks across the Pleasantville campus of Pace University in Pleasantville, New York. The university waived application fees for a month in the fall. Credit: Emmanuel Guillén Lozano for The ...

The 2026 Winter Olympic games are officially underway, starting today, Feb. 4 with some curling events and alpine skiing and luge training runs. Women’s hockey games are set to start on Thursday, Feb.

Spring Boot is one of the most popular and accessible web development frameworks in the world. Find out what it’s about, with this quick guide to web development with Spring Boot. Spring’s most ...

Do you or your child, teen, or young adult struggle with ADHD? If you answered yes, then you know that getting started can be the hardest part of getting a task or assignment done. Getting started is ...

President Donald Trump brought renewed hope for a stimulus check after posting on social media this week. "We are taking in trillions of dollars and will soon begin paying down our enormous debt," ...

Merging platforms to eat into the $300 billion global SaaS market: The move could enable economies of scale, with GitLab getting access to Datadog's advanced analytics while Datadog can integrate the ...

The recent metamorphosis of the New York band, led by singer-songwriter Cameron Winter, has produced one of the best, strangest, and most compelling rock records of the year. As evidenced by this ...

Music critics like to do this thing where they point to an album or a song and declare, “This music captures how it feels to live in America right now.” And, often, I make fun of this. And you ...

Identify the problems that matter to you and try to solve them genuinely. Your passion for problem-solving will draw customers to your products like moths to a flame. Always view failures and setbacks ...

The executive function skill (EF skill) I am focusing in this post is task initiation, which is the ability to get started on various tasks (Mutti-Driscoll, 2024). As a reminder, EF skills are ...