Readers ask questions, and our real estate expert answers. This week, a reader named Annette from Lincolnwood asks which home appraisal is more accurate: The appraisal she and her husband got initially as part of their divorce, or the much lower one paid for by her husband. Read more
A new study finds that the intuitive logic about protected bicycle lanes and bicycle tracks outweighs the received wisdom: the better defined the infrastructure, the safer it is. Plus: a look at Sao Paulo's bicycle schools. Read more
And the reverse is true, and the disparity is even greater—socially isolated high school students make less over the course of their lives than their peers, according to studies based on the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, the nation's oldest long-term study of adolescents. Could smaller classes help? Read more