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CubeSats, as depicted in this illustration, make it affordable for universities and private companies to launch a satellite into space. Victor Habbick Visions/Science Photo Library via Getty Images

Business

CubeSats, the tiniest of satellites, are changing the way we explore the solar system

Staff Writer - September 28, 2024

The edge of the Salton Sea, a heavily polluted lake with large geothermal and lithium resources beneath it. Manuel Pastor

Business

Big lithium plans for Imperial Valley, one of California’s poorest regions, raise a bigger question: Who should benefit?

Negotiations to reduce drug prices can sometimes shift costs onto consumers. rudisill/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Business

Drug prices improved under Biden-Harris and Trump − but not for everyone, and not enough

Keurig, maker of K-Cup single-use coffee pods, was recently fined for claiming the pods were recyclable. Dixie D. Vereen/For The Washington Post, via Getty Images

Business

Can you trust companies that say their plastic products are recyclable? US regulators may crack down on deceptive claims

The U.S. has seen a large number of billion-dollar disasters in recent years. AP Photo/Mark Zaleski

Business

Why home insurance rates are rising so fast across the US – climate change plays a big role

Spacewalks are among the more dangerous activities associated with human spaceflight. Ignatiev/E+ via Getty Images

Entrepreneurship

Space travel comes with risk − and SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission...

Staff Writer - September 6, 2024

US food insecurity rate rose to 13.5% in 2023 as government benefits declined and food prices soared

Business

US food insecurity rate rose to 13.5% in 2023 as government...

Staff Writer - September 5, 2024

The angles and branches in this illustration of a chip are key to using terahertz waves for the next generation of high-speed wireless communications. Wenhao Wang, Guillaume Ducournau, and Ranjan Singh

Business

Chip that steers terahertz beams sets stage for ultrafast internet of...

Staff Writer - September 3, 2024

An unregistered backyard laundry service in Kathmandu, Nepal. Jonas Gratzer/LightRocket via Getty Images

culture

Poor people are business owners, too – but myths around poverty...

Staff Writer - September 3, 2024

Russian President Vladimir Putin walks past Mongolia’s prime minister, Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene. Sergei Bobylev/TASS News Agency

Business

Putin’s visit to Mongolia defies ICC warrant and tests neutral nation’s...

Staff Writer - September 2, 2024

It can be easier to discuss your disability when your boss has one too. Westend61/Getty Images

Business

Job supervisors with disabilities can boost productivity, new research shows

Staff Writer - August 31, 2024

Steelworkers line up for their paychecks at U.S. Steel’s South Works in Chicago in 1959. Bettman Collection via Getty Images

Business

Why people stay after local economies collapse − a story of...

Staff Writer - August 28, 2024

South Sudanese voters are slated to go to the polls in December. But will they? AP Photo/Sam Mednick

Economy

South Sudan’s long-delayed election will be a landmark moment − but...

Staff Writer - August 25, 2024

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EXPLORING NATURE

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

Nature

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

Staff Writer - September 10, 2024

Julian Resasco, University of Colorado Boulder Imagine a bee crawling into a bright yellow flower. This...

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

Horses supported travel, communication, agriculture and warfare across much of the ancient world. Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images

Domesticating horses had a huge impact on human society − new...

September 3, 2024

People enjoy spending time in nature but don’t always feel they have the ability to protect it. John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Image

Americans love nature but don’t feel empowered to protect it, new...

August 28, 2024

Fusarium oxysporum spores can remain hardy in soil for decades. Andrii Volosheniuk/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Banana apocalypse, part 2 – a genomicist explains the tricky genetics...

August 18, 2024