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Archaeology Apr 15, 2025

Archaeological database reveals links between housing and inequality in ancient world

If the archaeological record has been correctly interpreted, stone alignments in Tanzania's Olduvai Gorge are remnants of shelters built 1.7 million years ago by Homo habilis, an extinct species representing one of the earliest ...

Social Sciences Apr 8, 2025

How racism fueled the Eaton Fire's destruction in Altadena

The damage from the Eaton Fire wasn't indiscriminate. The blaze that ravaged the city of Altadena, California, in January 2025, killing 17 people and consuming over 9,000 buildings, destroyed Black Altadenans' homes in greatest ...

Archaeology Apr 8, 2025

In Guatemala, painted altar found at Tikal adds new context to mysterious Maya history

Just steps from the center of Tikal, a 2,400-year-old Maya city in the heart of modern-day Guatemala, a global team of researchers including scholars from Brown University have unearthed a buried altar that could unlock the ...

Environment Apr 7, 2025

How to gauge flood risk before you buy or rent a seafront property

Rising sea levels, stronger storms and increased erosion are making life on the coast riskier and more unpredictable. For potential buyers or renters, particularly in the wake of another winter of storms and flooding, questions ...

Economics & Business Apr 7, 2025

US and Russia squabble over Arctic security as melting ice opens up shipping routes

"You cannot annex another country." This was the clear message given by the Danish prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, at a recent press conference with the outgoing and incoming prime ministers of Greenland. It did not appear ...

Economics & Business Apr 1, 2025

Antitrust settlement could lower cost of buying a home

Since the National Association of Realtors (NAR) agreed in March to pay $418 million to settle an antitrust lawsuit, researchers at Texas McCombs see the potential to curb artificially high real estate commissions.

Economics & Business Mar 27, 2025

Why is housing so expensive? Blame the Great Recession and its resulting construction labor shortage

The Great Recession occurred 17 years ago, from December 2007 to June 2009. Led by a crash in the housing sector, it was the deepest recession since World War II and resulted in noteworthy financial industry failures, serious ...

Economics & Business Mar 26, 2025

Machine learning algorithm that predicts properties' values benefits housing market, says study

Housing tends to be a key part of household wealth, but despite its importance, it has been difficult to measure the value of a property. In a new article, researchers have studied the impact of a popular machine-learning ...

Economics & Business Mar 24, 2025

Wealthy Africans often don't pay tax. The answer lies in smarter collection, says expert

Faced with some of the worse debt levels in over a decade, African countries are struggling to find ways to balance their books. Increasing revenue sources from their citizens is an obvious place to look.

Earth Sciences Mar 19, 2025

These California coastal cities face heightened flood danger from a tsunami, data show

The risk of damaging flooding from a major tsunami may be greater than many realized along stretches of California's renowned coastline, state officials say, further reinforcing the need for residents to take note if they ...

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