The winter solstice is arriving soon. "The winter solstice is significant across various cultures, signaling the changing of the seasons," according to the Old Farmer's Almanac. After the winter ...
As the rain continues to rain, and the hour when the sky goes from a dreary lightish gray to darker gray to black gets earlier and earlier, you may find yourself wondering: Will this ever end? That ...
As the nights grow longer and temperatures continue to drop, the 2025 winter solstice is just around the corner. The winter solstice marks the shortest day of the year, bringing the least amount of ...
The shortest day of the year is Dec. 21. Not something to celebrate, you might think. Something to get through, like a layoff or a cold, in hopes of better — or at least longer — days to come. But the ...
Pour one out for the ancient MetroCard and its equally old cousin, the PATH SmartLink card. The beginning of the end for these longtime ways to pay fares on the bi-state PATH system came Thursday when ...
The shortest day and longest night of the year is almost here. The winter solstice marks the first day of winter, ushering in the colder weather and holiday season. But daylight saving isn't to blame; ...
The cost of a single PATH train ticket is set to increase next spring — and will climb steadily each year until it hits $4 by 2029, Port Authority officials said. A single trip on the PATH train, ...
As we draw closer to Christmas and winter sets in, the days become shorter and darker, with the winter solstice marking the shortest day of the year. But when exactly is the shortest day of the year, ...
When Edsger W. Dijkstra published his algorithm in 1959, computer networks were barely a thing. The algorithm in question found the shortest path between any two nodes on a graph, with a variant ...
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...
The Life of a Showgirl is Taylor Swift’s shortest era — Is that the point? Her new album clocks in at just 12 tracks, making it Swift’s shortest standard album in over a decade. Even Fearless and 1989 ...
Kamala Harris’s 107 Days offers a devastating indictment of Joe Biden. It also documents the limits of her own politics. Presidents cast long shadows. Vice presidents are usually doomed to live in ...