Amanda Smith is a freelance journalist and writer. She reports on culture, society, human interest and technology. Her stories hold a mirror to society, reflecting both its malaise and its beauty.

The next solar eclipse will be an annular solar eclipse on Feb. 17, 2026. During an annular solar eclipse, the moon covers a majority of the sun, leaving a distinct ring of light, hence the nickname ...

Plenty of our childhoods had at least one math teacher who made the (ultimately erroneous) claim that we needed to learn to do math because we wouldn’t always have a calculator in our ...