Following months of escalating rent prices, the national average asking price for both one- and two-bedroom apartments has fallen slightly, according to Rent.com. The median rent across the country for a one-bedroom apartment fell 2.8% month-over-month to $1,721, while two-bedroom rental prices dropped 2.5% to $2,054. The drop is welcome news after many months of skyrocketing rental prices, with some cities having seen hikes up to 25% in 2021, CBS News notes....

At its most basic, a great home router acts as a dispersion point. Internet comes in through a central cable line or fiber network to the router, which then beams it out into your home. Its range, the number of devices it can handle, and the speed with which it handles those devices, however, can vary greatly on the age and quality of your equipment. Putting it another way, you can’t buy high-tech devices without also buying a high tech router (at least if you want everything to work the way it should)....

We were a community. We were uplifting and introspective. We had a lot of fun (youth lock-ins were always a raucous and fun time) and it was G-rated, wholesome fun. Jesus was present, but really as a teacher, an example of kindness. There was no fire and brimstone. Everyone was accepted. There were strong rumors that one of our ministers of a few years was a lesbian. And though she wasn’t out, my family and our close friends didn’t care....

2021 Honda Civic Four-Door Five-door hatchbacks are supposedly unloved by Americans. But we really do buy a lot of them — we just call them crossovers. So think of this little Honda as a lower-riding crossover and you’ll warm to it. Then blast it around a bend, let its 180-horsepower turbocharged four-cylinder engine rev, snap through its six-speed manual gearbox that’s as precise as anything Porsche sells, and you’ll forget you ever had concerns....

The study, published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation, looked at an autism-associated gene known as SHANK3 in mice. SHANK3 might sound like a low-budget prison movie sequel, but it’s actually a scaffolding protein that organizes the flow of neurons in synapses. Researchers found that SHANK3-deficient mice display repetitive behaviors, both in regards to grooming and social interactions. This made them a suitable experimental model for studying autism. Guoping Feng, a neuroscience professor and lead author of the study, hypothesized that a mutation in SHANK3 affected the synaptic development in two neural pathways: direct and indirect striatal pathways....

It’s easy to say that naiveté was driving this mood. But that’s demonstrably off-base. The slogans and posters, advocating for climate change and a carbon-free world, show the crowd recognizes the gravity of the situation — and they’re pissed. “The planet is dying” one teenage girl shouts out as she marches, double-speed as if actually fleeing from a global conflagration. The most popular chant of the day, too, carries serious edge: “What do you want?...

What is the Summer Solstice? The first official day of summer is actually not a set date on the calendar. That’s why it tends to fluctuate between a couple of dates in June, typically between June 20 and June 22. According to definitions of the summer solstice, the first day of summer happens when the Sun travels the longest through the sky, meaning there’s a day or two where we have more daylight than any other day of the year....

The third and final season of Lost in Space was just released by Netflix, so, for the Robinson family, their robot, their enemies, and allies — including the deliciously duplicitous Dr. Smith played perfectly by Parker Posey — the story is now complete. There are a lot of cliffhangers in the series but now it has a real, definitive ending. And it isn’t just a great ending to a wonderful series, it’s perfect....

“Demand is the primary factor,” says Chris Malloy, managing editor for The Brothers Brick and co-author of Ultimate LEGO Star Wars. “For most of the company’s history, LEGO was viewed as exclusively a children’s toy. So, in the early 2000s, when LEGO began to explore the adult market in a serious way, they began developing a lot of massive sets with high price tags.” Gerben van IJken, a full-time LEGO investor and appraiser with the E....

Fatherly, We’re having all of my wife’s family over for dinner Easter Sunday. I’m a conservative guy and proud Trump voter but I don’t like talking politics really. On the other hand, they’re very, very liberal and love talking about politics. I don’t like getting into with them, but sometimes I do because I don’t like sitting there while my father-in-law or sister-in-law tear down America. They never asked me what my views are but they know I’m conservative....

Sound silly? Well, the new version of Ducktales; which started in 2017 and recently ended its stellar second season on — of course — a cliffhanger, has more in common with the world of Westeros than the Disney-verse of old. And not just because its characters are perpetually pantsless. Consider the stacked star wattage. Former Doctor Who David Tenant leads the cast as Scrooge McDuck. Regulars like Bobby Moynihan and Ben Schwartz bring comedy chops....

I was a bartender for many years. I made many categories of drinks every night and I did it with a small arsenal of glasses: martini, wine, rocks, Collins, iced tea, and the occasional brandy snifter. But there’s more freedom for a home bar, so to put this list together I reached out to the owner of one of the most epic home bars I’ve ever seen: Miguel Buencamino of Holy City Handcraft....

Not All Childhood Health Problems Put You at Risk Mothers of children who have congenital heart disease, cerebral palsy, are blind, or have low birth weights are significantly more likely to engage in marital conflict, according to a study of more than 7,000 children in Social Psychology. But the data also suggests that the mothers of children who had migraines, learning disabilities, respiratory allergies, missing or deformed digits or limbs, or asthma experiences somewhat lower divorce rates....

If you happen to have your whole life ahead of you (lucky jerk), you may be weighing the pros and cons of the best age to have a kid. Of course, science has some suggestions. The Fertile 20s As a decade, your 20s are ripe for hell-raising, travel, and messing up while you still have very little to lose. That said, you and your partner are at the pinnacle of reproductive health....

Kids love routine, and their bodies are conditioned to react to certain stimuli. And the stimulus of simply going through the motions of a bedtime routine can cause them to get sleepy. That’s true even if the sun’s still shining. “We can train the brain to do the same thing over and over again with the same cues. Keeping those cues consistent makes other things like temperature or noise level or light level less important,“ says Dr....

It’s always a kick to watch kids who can’t yet read and write wheel and deal and try to offload candy corn as though they were trading corn subsidies. They may not fully know what they’re doing and what it’s called, but financial strategies – some stock market, a little poker, a bunch of negotiating – are playing out on the living room floor. “Econ is everywhere,” says Erin A....

Why is that? Research has shown that when babies hear words with repeating sounds, the language centers in their brains light up in ways they don’t for non-repetitive-sounding ones. When the babies in one study were played repetitious, made-up words like “penana,” brain activity increased in their temporal and left frontal areas. For words without adjacent repetitions, like “mubage,” there were no distinctive brain responses. What this research suggests, to quote an artist whose name your baby is as likely to speak as yours or their mother’s, is that they were born this way....

The Dolby Atmos logo is everywhere, but few people outside of the audiophile community know what it really means. A system with Atmos allows you to not only hear sound that envelops you laterally but also adds a dimension of sounds above you (bombs whistling down, planes soaring above and zooming by), as well as more detailed atmospheric sounds like water dripping off leaves and bugs chirping in a rainforest....

Fortunately, grill thermometer technology has taken significant strides over the past few years as the stability of wireless connectivity has increased and designs have become more compact and durable. We’ve been trying out some of the most technologically advanced offerings this summer, and they’ve made it easier to pull our food off the grill at just the right time.

That’s why it brings me great joy to tell you that the fine folks at Dino Ranch are a step ahead of the curve! Just when you were starting to worry that the uber-popular show was going to leave you hanging, they’ve released the Dino Ranch Party Park, and we’ve got access to the adorable stuff to sure to make your Dino Ranch bash a blast. With one click consider your party planning needs covered and then some....