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Cut the number of choices you make each day — your brain will thank you

Jeans that fit perfectly. The ideal Netflix show for a Tuesday night. Your one and only soulmate. Modern life promises that with enough options, you will happily find the best of everything. But behavioral scientists say the increasing flood of choices — whether it comes to shopping, ...

Review: In Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey,’ an ancient epic is reborn

Getting home, and turning back the clock, has long been at the root of Christopher Nolan's films. The astronauts of "Interstellar" painstakingly lose 23 years in space travel, almost the same length of time Odysseus is away from home in "The Odyssey": a decade fighting the Trojan War, a decade ...

8-18 Media: ‘Wings of Fire’ books are worth diving into

Have you ever read the “Wings of Fire” book series? I highly recommend this series. Let me show you what it is all about! The series follows a dragon per book and shows their perspective. I recommend reading this series in order. It’s easier to understand that way because when it shows a ...

One Tech Tip: How to soothe thumb pain when texting and scrolling

NEW YORK — Do your hands hurt when you use your phone? All that texting and scrolling might be stressing out your fingers. The term texting thumb can describe a wide range of phone-related pains caused by tired-out tendons and achy joints — like general stiffness, throbbing near the ...

Biden will publish ‘Promise Me, America’ memoir after the November midterm elections

NEW YORK — Former President Joe Biden will publish a memoir, "Promise Me, America," which he says will touch upon everything from the economy to his decision to drop his bid for reelection. The memoir is scheduled to come out Nov. 17, publisher Little, Brown and Company told The Associated Press. The timing of the book — two weeks after midterm elections in which Democrats seek to regain control of Congress — could raise concerns within Biden's party by putting him back into the spotlight. Democrats remain divided on Biden's legacy, with many blaming his ill-fated determination ...