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Economy

If you think grocery prices take a big bite out of your paycheck in the US, check out the rest of the world

Staff Writer - October 11, 2024

All eyes on the CPI. Sila Damrongsaringkan/Getty Images Plus

Economy

US inflation rate fell to 2.4% in September − here’s what that means for interest rates and markets

Families on bikes at a July Fourth parade in Houston’s Northside neighborhood. Jimmy Castillo, CC BY-ND

Economy

Gentrification isn’t inevitable − it can hinge on how residents view their neighborhood

Carmindo Alves Barbosa Amado, originally of Cape Verde, waves the American flag after being sworn in during a naturalization ceremony in Boston in April 2024. Danielle Parhizkaran/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Economy

Immigrants are unsung heroes of global trade and value creation

Running a dairy farm isn’t easy, especially when the costs of production rise faster than income. AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall

Economy

America’s dairy farms are disappearing, down 95% since the 1970s − milk price rules are one reason why

Economy

Why March Madness is a special time of year for state budgets

Staff Writer - March 24, 2024

Economy

How safe are your solar eclipse glasses? Cheap fakes from online...

Staff Writer - March 23, 2024

Economy

Cocoa beans are in short supply: what this means for farmers,...

Staff Writer - March 20, 2024

Economy

Wendy’s ‘surge pricing’ mess looks like a case study in stakeholder...

Staff Writer - March 14, 2024

Economy

Is the United States overestimating China’s power?

Staff Writer - March 5, 2024

Economy

The future of work: Why we need to think beyond the...

Staff Writer - February 29, 2024

Economy

Does hosting the Olympics, the World Cup or other major sports...

Staff Writer - February 22, 2024

Economy

The Super Bowl gets the Vegas treatment, with 1 in 4...

Staff Writer - February 12, 2024

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EXPLORING NATURE

Biobots could one day be engineered to deliver drugs and clear up arterial plaque. Kriegman et al. 2020/PNAS, CC BY-SA

Health

Biobots arise from the cells of dead organisms − pushing the...

Staff Writer - September 15, 2024

Peter A Noble, University of Washington and Alex Pozhitkov, Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences at City of Hope

In Colorado, many people run, bike and climb in mountain lion habitat. DEA/ C. Dani I. Jeske/De Agostini via Getty Images

Colorado voters weigh a ban on hunting mountain lions as attitudes...

September 14, 2024

Sunflowers use tiny movements to follow the Sun’s path throughout the day. AP Photo/Charlie Riedel

Sunflowers make small moves to maximize their Sun exposure − physicists...

September 13, 2024

A white-shouldered bumblebee, Bombus appositus visits the flowers of a goldenbanner. Julian Resasco, CC BY-ND

I’ve visited the same Rocky Mountain subalpine meadow weekly for a...

September 10, 2024

The Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project, under construction, will be one of India’s largest hydropower dams. Nayan J. Nath, CC BY

India’s new mega-dam will roil lives downstream with wild swings in...

September 4, 2024