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DeepSeek’s language AI rocked the tech industry, but it comes up short on one measure. Lionel Bonaventure/AFP via Getty Images

Economy

Popular AIs head-to-head: OpenAI beats DeepSeek on sentence-level reasoning

Staff Writer - April 21, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as his then-Fed chair nominee Jerome Powell steps to the lectern. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Economy

Trump’s attacks on central bank threaten its independence − and that isn’t good news for sound economic stewardship (or battling inflation)

Amazon partnered with Dominion Energy to build solar farms in Virginia to power its cloud-computing service. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Economy

Companies will still face pressure to manage for climate change, even as government rolls back US climate policy

How many stairs would you climb for that payoff? Ozgur Donmaz/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Economy

Hard work feels worth it, but only after it’s done – new research on how people value effort

An activist protests the lifting of TPS status for Venezuelans in Doral, Fla. AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell

Economy

Florida is home to about 341,000 immigrants from Venezuela and Haiti who may soon lose residency, work permits

A damaged property in Altadena, Calif., on Jan. 14, 2025. Ali Matin/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images

Economy

I’m an economist. Here’s why I’m worried the California insurance crisis...

Staff Writer - January 21, 2025

When it comes to slowing down China’s tech rise, tariffs won’t do the trick. Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Economy

China tech shrugged off Trump’s ‘trade war’ − there’s no reason...

Staff Writer - January 17, 2025

Donald Trump addresses supporters during a campaign rally as he celebrates his 78th birthday on June 14, 2024. Jim Watson AFP via Getty Images

Economy

We study aging family business incumbents who refuse to let go...

Staff Writer - January 14, 2025

With close to 10,000 residents, Cody is one of Wyoming’s bigger communities. It relies on seasonal tourism revenue to support its economy. Don and Melinda Crawford/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Economy

One way Trump could help revive rural America’s economies

Staff Writer - January 13, 2025

Walking away. Justin Trudeau announced his resignation on Jan. 6, 2025. Dave Chan/AFP via Getty Images

Economy

Trudeau taps out: How Trump’s taunts and tariff threats added to...

Staff Writer - January 7, 2025

Afghan girls are barred from attending school after sixth grade. AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi

Economy

Afghanistan shows what investing in women’s education – or divesting –...

Staff Writer - January 5, 2025

Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum has hardened her stance on Donald Trump’s rhetoric. Alfredo Estrella/AFP via Getty Images

Economy

Faced with Trump’s tariffs − and crackdowns on migration and narcotrafficking...

Staff Writer - December 31, 2024

Not as many people will get the chance to vote in 2025 compared with the previous year. MicroStockHub/Getty Images

Economy

5 elections to watch in 2025

Staff Writer - December 27, 2024

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The artifacts found at Longtan, southwest China, were as old as 60,000 years. Qijun Ruan

Lifestyle

Stone tool discovery in China shows people in East Asia were...

Staff Writer - April 1, 2025

Ben Marwick, University of Washington New technologies today often involve electronic devices that are smaller and smarter than before....

The 6.9 magnitude Loma Prieta earthquake near San Francisco in 1989 caused about $6.8 billion in damage and 63 deaths. J.K. Nakata/U.S. Geological Survey

US earthquake safety relies on federal employees’ expertise

April 1, 2025

Black holes, like the one in this illustration, can spray powerful jets. S. Dagnello (NRAO/AUI/NSF), CC BY-SA

Jets from powerful black holes can point astronomers toward where −...

March 31, 2025

After gathering data on the captured anole, the team releases it back to the wild. Neil Losin/Day's Edge Prods.

Amid a tropical paradise known as ‘Lizard Island,’ researchers are cracking...

March 25, 2025

Experts predict that egg prices will keep climbing in 2025. Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Egg prices soar as outdated supply chains crack under pressure

March 24, 2025