Seven Seemingly Smart Financial Decisions That Can Actually Backfire Sometimes a financial decision seems like an obvious win and turns out to be something you may never financially recover from.

How Elon Musk’s and Vivek Ramaswamy’s Government-Slashing Spree Could Backfire If they’re not careful, they could make the government’s efficiency problems worse.

Bitcoin Mining Bans Can Backfire on Climate Conscious Governments, a New Research Finds The intensive energy usage of the Bitcoin network could tempt governments to ban mining due to environmental concerns. A new research paper indicates that could be a mistake, depending on the jurisdiction.

The White House Bet Big on Intel. Will It Backfire? A plan to revive U.S. chip manufacturing rests partly on a company that is firing workers and delaying factories, even as the government pushes for the opposite.

Why mandating biblical texts in public schools may backfire (RNS) — Christian conservatives pushing to teach their faith in public schools risk secularizing Christianity. The post Why mandating biblical texts in public schools may backfire appeared first on Religion News Service.

Your ‘Dopamine Fast’ Could Backfire In the same brand of pop culture shorthand that labels oxytocin the “love hormone” and cortisol the “stress hormone,” dopamine is classified as the “reward” chemical we deliver ourselves a dose of every time we experience something pleasurable. Of course, real life is never that simple. Read more…

Risky or shrewd? USWNT line-up could backfire at World Cup USWNT coach Vlatko Andonovski is setting the stage where his World Cup line-ups will be difficult to predict — which could be revered or mocked.