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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

Just in time for back-to-school shopping: How retailers can alter customer...

Staff Writer - July 21, 2023

Economy

Why Russia pulled out of its grain deal with Ukraine –...

Staff Writer - July 19, 2023

Economy

Increasing monopoly power poses a threat to Canada’s post-pandemic economic recovery

Staff Writer - July 18, 2023

Economy

What this year’s El Niño means for wheat and global food supply

Staff Writer - July 14, 2023

Economy

What’s in a name? Quite a lot if it’s prosecco, parmesan...

Staff Writer - July 12, 2023

Economy

How small wealthy suburbs contribute to regional housing problems

Staff Writer - July 11, 2023

Economy

How small wealthy suburbs contribute to regional housing problems

Staff Writer - July 10, 2023

Economy

Red Bull’s F1 dominance showcases the extreme power of sports marketing

Staff Writer - July 8, 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