Executive function describes a set of cognitive processes and mental skills that help an individual plan, monitor, and successfully execute their goals. The “executive functions,” as they’re known, ...

Chris Wedel is a fan of all things tech and gadgets. Living in rural Kansas with his wife and two young boys makes finding ways to stay online tricky — not to mention making my homestead smarter.

Serial Productions makes narrative podcasts whose quality and innovation transformed the medium. “Serial” began in 2014 as a spinoff of the public radio show “This American Life.” In 2020, we joined ...

Physicists may have uncovered a surprising new clue that string theory—the idea that the universe is built from unimaginably tiny vibrating strings—could be more than just a mathematical fantasy.

The way you endorse a check depends on how you want to use the check Kiara Taylor has worked as a financial analyst for more than a decade. Her career has involved a number of financial firms, ...

"Miss Crystal has been there for me when nobody else has. She's given me hope, inspiration, and somebody to lean on,” Sarah Falk of Oklahoma City talking Crystal Shaffer, her caseworker at the ...

Between 1972 and 1983, Robert Hansen killed at least 17 women, many of whom police didn't even know were missing Caroline Blair is a writer for PEOPLE. She has been writing about celebrities, ...

String theory attempts to unify general relativity and quantum theory. Popular in the 1990s, string theory fell out of favor as it failed to provide testable predictions and required ten dimensions ...

A New Hampshire firefighter was sentenced to at least a year in jail after pleading guilty to intentionally setting fires in various Rockingham County communities. Austen M. Cooper of Raymond pleaded ...

ENCORE: Nearly five decades ago, the "Son of Sam" terrorized New York City. In a 2017 prison interview, convicted serial killer David Berkowitz tells CBS News what led him to kill. "CBS Evening News" ...

Cindy Paulson was a teenage runaway in Alaska when she crossed paths with Robert Hansen, a predator linked to at least 17 murders. Somehow, she emerged alive Investigation Discovery (2) Cindy Paulson ...

CASE UPDATE: In September 2025, the Austin Police Department identified Robert Eugene Brashers, a serial killer and rapist, as the suspect in the Texas yogurt shop murders. Brashers, who is deceased, ...