WSJ National Security Reporter Robbie Gramer explains the rationale behind President Trump’s military operation in Venezuela that led to the capture of Nicolás Maduro. Photo: Aaron ...

Although not a household scientific name like Albert Einstein or Isaac Newton, Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan—who tragically died in 1920 at the age of 32—was one of the greatest minds in ...

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The Danish author Solvej Balle’s experimental opus reframes the tedium of contemporary life as a source of unexpected wonders. Solvej Balle in her garden in Denmark.Credit...Giulia Mangione for The ...

You don't have to take RMDs from Roth accounts. RMDs are based on your age and your account balance at the end of the previous year. With the holiday season just weeks away, you probably want to focus ...

Fueled by AI, global demand for data center capacity could more than triple by 2030, McKinsey reports. But these facilities use up enormous amounts of water and power to keep their equipment cool. In ...

President Donald Trump’s massive tariffs announced on dozens of nations Wednesday were pitched as “reciprocal,” matching what other countries charge the United States dollar for dollar, even taking ...

Have you ever been hiking and noticed that the air gets cooler as you ascend? Or mountain bike down a mountain and realize the temperature is much warmer at the bottom? This is adiabatic cooling. The ...

After years of paying into the Social Security system, many seniors are surprised to learn that the benefits they receive after retirement may be subject to federal income tax. This is generally ...

Solvej Balle’s “On the Calculation of Volume” rethinks the familiar story of the endlessly repeating day. By Hilary Leichter Hilary Leichter is the author of the novels “Temporary” and “Terrace Story.

From finance to physics, Calculator Soup has it all. We all have a few go-to calculations that we find ourselves doing often, like converting ounces to cups or miles to kilometers—that sort of thing.