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People are often concerned about environmental risks lurking near their homes. Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

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Research about global fishing shows value of detailed environmental data, which the Trump administration seeks to limit

Staff Writer - July 1, 2026

The court’s ruling against Trump’s firing of Fed board member Lisa Cook came on the same day that it further cemented his sweeping powers to fire other senior government officials. AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein

Economy

Federal Reserve independence secures an important, but not final, victory at US Supreme Court

When senior staff buy their own company’s shares during layoffs, they’re signaling that a turnaround will succeed. AP Photo/Richard Drew

Economy

Some kinds of insider trading are perfectly legal – and they offer useful signals about a company’s health

The U.S. is falling short of what its national wealth makes possible for its people. Eric Raptosh Photography/Tetra images via GettyImages

Economy

Americans are not as well off as people in peer nations – US safety net’s shortfalls show up in global data

A small motorboat passes anchored vessels in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, on June 11, 2026. Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP

Economy

The danger of US‑Iran ceasefire agreement is what it leaves out

Economy

Kenya and the US are negotiating a trade deal that could...

Staff Writer - August 16, 2023

Economy

Underpaid and overlooked, migrant labor provides backbone of Maryland Eastern Shore’s...

Staff Writer - August 14, 2023

Economy

San Jose and the reemergence of the donut city

Staff Writer - August 10, 2023

Economy

US autoworkers may wage a historic strike against Detroit’s 3 biggest...

Staff Writer - August 7, 2023

Economy

To fight financial illiteracy, we mapped our money system as waterworks

Staff Writer - August 3, 2023

Economy

Hiring refugees is not just ‘doing a good thing’ – research...

Staff Writer - August 1, 2023

Economy

Here’s how China is responding to US sanctions – with blocking...

Staff Writer - July 25, 2023

Economy

Netflix is gaining subscribers again – but here’s how it can...

Staff Writer - July 22, 2023

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Many yoga classes end with the instructor explaining ‘namaste’ as ‘the divine in me bows to the divine in you.’ Luis Alvarez/DigitalVision via Getty Images

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Why it’s OK to say ‘namaste’ in yoga class

Staff Writer - June 23, 2026

Jeremy David Engels, Penn State “Namaste,” a common greeting in India and South Asia, has become a global cultural...

Legionnaires wait to testify before a special congressional inquiry in November 1976 into the cause of the mysterious disease. Bettmann/Bettman Collection via Getty Images

Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Philadelphia in 1976 was mysterious and deadly...

June 20, 2026

The Dames Point Bridge spans a river in Jacksonville, Fla. Jonathan Zander/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY

Quantum sensors could spot hidden damage in the thousands of US...

June 19, 2026

A record-tying heat wave helped spread a wildfire in Northern California’s Shasta and Trinity counties in July 2018. Terray Sylvester/Getty Images

Heat waves increase wildfire risk – a new study explains how...

June 18, 2026

Space is full of satellites and debris – data centers could one day join the mix. NicoElNino, NASA/iStock via Getty Images

Building data centers in space is an intriguing idea on paper,...

June 16, 2026