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Everyday Life

With deep knowledge about pop culture, personal finance, nutrition, health and countless other topics, Wolfram|Alpha can answer complex factual questions at home, at school or in the office. Look up Oscar winners, compute nutritional values for meals, keep tabs on your stock portfolio, check the weather or convert recipe measurements—Wolfram|Alpha's powerful algorithms and massive knowledgebase can help with everyday tasks from cooking to homework to changing a tire. When work is over, turn to Wolfram|Alpha to answer questions about books, movies and television shows; analyze personal health and exercise; or just tell a joke.

Personal Health

Compute nutritional information about the food you eat or the energy expenditure for your daily activities.

Compare activities:

Compare the amount of a particular nutrient in multiple foods:

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Entertainment

Ask about bands and albums, solve classic puzzles and explore data about movies and other pop culture topics.

Find music acts meeting given criteria:

Connect a work of art with other subjects:

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Dates & Anniversaries

Discover information about a day, a week, a month or even a year; investigate celebrations; convert between time zones; find out how long till a certain time; or check on information about anniversaries.

Add and subtract dates and times:

Discover wedding anniversary information:

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Hobbies

From genealogy to woodworking, access useful calculators and computations to help with your hobby.

Get information about a family relationship:

Get historical player statistics:

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Personal Finance

Get timely stock information, convert currencies and access calculators for mortgages, loans, cost of living and more.

Get currency conversions:

Get gasoline price data:

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Household Science

Get authoritative answers to common questions about astronomy, chemistry, physics and more.

Get information about an animal species:

Get a local weather forecast:

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Today's World

Get timely information about the weather, discover facts about world leaders or analyze data about newsworthy economic indicators.

Get economic information about the world:

Get unemployment data for a US state:

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Surprises

Learn some new jokes, play with image transformation or engage the warp drive.

Get the punchline to a joke:

Investigate differences in warp factor in different series:

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Household Math

Use natural language to ask everyday math problems and convert virtually any kitchen or other common measurement.

Get unit conversions for a quantity:

Add fractions:

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Travel

Find the cost of living in another city, check tomorrow's weather or identify a plane flying overhead.

Find flights with a specified route:

Compare prices in multiple cities:

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