An essential element in running our lives is creating a workable structure, and the job of mental and behavioral rules is to do exactly that. But all rules are not equal, and sometimes they can create ...

When you're struggling in life, it often feels as though no one else in the world has ever messed up in the same way or as badly as you have. Fortunately — or unfortunately, depending on how you look ...

The Shannon Number, estimated at between 10 to the power of 111 (a 1 followed by 111 zeros) and 10 to the power of 123, represents the total number of possible moves on a chessboard. This figure was ...

Dear Annie: I’ve been married for 38 years, and over time I’ve realized that I’ve slowly lost a sense of who I am. My husband is a good man in many ways, but he’s always the one who decides where we ...