People often treat IQ scores as if they define a person’s worth — but do they really measure intelligence? Today, we break down the flaws, biases, and misconceptions behind IQ testing. What we ...

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I was looking over the week’s posts on Hackaday – it’s part of my job after all – and this gem caught my eye: a post about how to make your own RP2040 development board from scratch. And I’ll admit ...

Now that the inevitable has arrived right on time, we’ll call this one “How to Quickly Fix a Fix” or “Grated Minds Think Alike.” Longtime column influencer Don Reed — like “yard to gain,” I was hoping ...

Nominal means unadjusted for inflation or simply a face value in finance. Nominal fees are minor compared to the main product or service cost. Market values of stocks and bonds can differ ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on May 5, 2024. For many high school students returning to class, it may seem like geometry and trigonometry were created by the Greeks as a form ...

Learn how to calculate a stock's intrinsic value step-by-step, using Apple as an example. Discover Warren Buffett's method for smart investing! Predator who kidnapped, murdered sleeping girl becomes ...

Nernst's theorem—a general experimental observation presented in 1905 that entropy exchanges tend to zero when the temperature tends to zero—has been directly linked to the second principle of ...

Editor's Note: A paragraph of this story was edited to clarify that Franklin & Marshall College's layoffs planned for April are not linked to the potential cuts to NIH research grant funding. It is ...

Stocks' face value is their original listed value; bonds' face value is what's paid at maturity. Face value affects bond interest (coupon rate); buying undervalued bonds can boost yields. In the ...