What is the gas tax refund for Mass Pike drivers and why is it so hard to get? If you buy gas, and use the Mass Pike, you can get money back from Massachusetts. It's a law that almost no one knows ...

Couples ask each other countless questions over the course of a day, a year, an entire relationship. Many are trivial: Chinese or Thai for dinner? Need anything from the store? Few probe how each ...

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The wrong question can sour the whole mood of a gathering with family or friends. Some questions are boring or intrusive or too ambiguous; others are meant to provoke—or are asked with no real ...

The best songs make us think, challenging assumptions while searching for answers in a complex and often confusing world. Many pose these questions right in their name. But not everything is so ...

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You might think you know your parents pretty well. Maybe your mom gets weirdly excited about Costco runs, or your dad’s the type to insist on getting to the airport ...

When you’re young, it’s hard to imagine your mother as a fully-realized person. She’s just Mom. As you get older, though, you might start to see your parents as humans, with joys, regrets and ...

It doesn't matter how gifted you are at math, this children's homework question is bound to leave you baffled, just like the millions of puzzled internet users who can't comprehend it. In a now viral ...

Is there anything people can do to start to restore some sanity and have actually productive conversations with people you disagree with? Yup, answer psychologists. Their advice isn’t always easy to ...

If you're anything like us, you love to test your knowledge every time you hang out with your friends. (And colleagues, and family members, and...literally everyone else.) We love a good low-stakes ...