Turns out poor math test proficiency isn't just bad for students and their teachers. A recent study says the U.S. poor academic performance—behind 31 other countries in math, and behind 16 countries in reading—could cost the country $75 trillion over the course of 80 years ...

If you are a very observant Apple fan or commercial viewer, you might have noticed any iPhone in an advertisement shows the time as 9:42. A former Apple exec finally explained the purpose of this little detail—and it was slightly anticlimactic ...

Because it's always necessary to have some wildly impractical form of baking be popular at any given moment, here's the next trend: jars. Specifically, this is a recipe for pizza in a jar. Which is just layers of pizza ingredients baked in a jar, forcing you to look ridiculous while you eat it ...

A new U.S. jobs report was released this morning, and the news is mostly good. 243,000 jobs were added in January, and the unemployment level dropped to 8.3 percent, the lowest level in three years ...

One of the more disappointing things about seafood is that when a restaurant labels something a "jumbo shrimp," it's still pretty tiny. Fortunately, some scientists near New Zealand have found a solution: they went into deep ocean water and came up with an 11-inch, shrimp-like creature. Science is constantly redefining our seafood expectations ...