For thousands of years, the written word contained no indications of pauses, clauses or breaks. Then came the curls and squiggles. See how these evolved. From the ancient scrolls that sit in the great ...

It's divisive; it cleaves; it drives some people crazy. The writer Kurt Vonnegut said of the semicolon: It's showy; it's chiefly used to show you've been to college. More than two-thirds of young ...

The function keys on your keyboard are the most powerful computer tools that you're not using. We're going to fix that. Almost every computer keyboard has a row of function keys at the top, but it ...

The Forest City Public Library is a recipient of the Pilcrow Foundation Children’s Book Project Grant. The mission of the Pilcrow Foundation is to provide new, quality, and hardcover children’s books ...

The last time I went to the doctor, I lived in a different zip code, belonged to a different body-weight category, and was rounding out a different decade. I never consciously swore off health care, ...

As a person with a chronic illness, I'm no stranger to bloodwork. I used to pore over my lab results, googling the various meanings, and trying not to panic when a test fell out of range. Function ...

What Is a Liver Function Test? A liver function test is one of a group of tests that check levels of certain enzymes and other proteins in your blood. Some of the tests look for enzymes that you’d ...

How do you spell pilcrow? That was the winning word in a corporate spelling bee held Wednesday in Portland. The competition ended in an upset. The event, held by the Maine Trust for Local News at ...

Your working memory, cognitive flexibility, and self-regulation are core components of executive function (EF), an interrelated set of mental skills that lay the foundation for advanced cognitive ...

Yia Vang, a Twin Cities-based chef who has appeared on “Iron Chef” and “Good Morning America” in addition to hosting the Outdoor Channel’s “Feral” television series, will host a pop-up of his popular ...