Age may be just a number, but when it comes to giving birth it's a consequential one. A new report outlines how things like education, geography, and politics have a major impact on the age when women become mothers for the first time — and why that age matters so much to that mother's career trajectory and her earning potential.

We're all familiar with the rituals surrounding religious life: weddings, funerals, holidays and baptisms. But what about rituals for secular people?

We're already paying for the impacts of climate change, the new National Climate Assessment says. And those costs will likely go way up in the future.