Deep within the source code of this online multiplayer game lies an enigmatic number that puzzles and inspires experts to this day ...

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The city and the housing authority are teaming up to apply for a $26 million federal grant that would help fund the construction of 538 new mixed-income apartments as part of the first phase of ...

Corrections and clarifications: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated the number of times the crystal ball will drop in Times Square on New Year’s Eve. The ball will be relit as the ...

Steven Spielberg is synonymous with science fiction, and he’s especially associated with sci-fi stories that feature aliens, but it’s actually been 20 years since the director of E.T. and Close ...

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 ...

As Vin Diesel goes full throttle toward the Fast & Furious grand finale, he’s expanding the franchise’s star-studded extended cast with the onscreen debut of a global star. On Friday, the producer and ...

Quarterly-filed Form 13Fs offer investors a way to track the buying and selling activity of Wall Street's brightest money managers. Billionaire Bill Ackman has piled into a company whose addressable ...

The restaurant industry embraced some buzzy terms in 2025 — “sea of sameness,” “year of uncertainty” come to mind — but perhaps none proved to be as lazy and undescriptive as “slop bowl.” Emerging ...