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Social Sciences May 7, 2025

Conservatives are more likely than liberals to negotiate price, says research

When purchasing, say, a used car or a house from a private seller, it's not uncommon for the prospective buyer to make an offer below the asking price, then negotiate with the owner before a deal is reached.

Environment Apr 29, 2025

Colorado and Denver told owners to cut their buildings' carbon emissions: Did the rules go too far?

It's not that Intermountain Health refuses to upgrade its Denver hospital and medical clinics so they produce less pollution.

Economics & Business Apr 28, 2025

Unexpected link found between police spending, housing prices

A first-of-its-kind study on the link between police budgeting and the housing market seemed to be a dead end—showing practically no relation between the spending on law enforcement and home transaction volume and prices, ...

Astrobiology Apr 28, 2025

An astronomer explains the extraordinary evidence scientists need to claim discoveries like extraterrestrial life

The detection of life beyond Earth would be one of the most profound discoveries in the history of science. The Milky Way galaxy alone hosts hundreds of millions of potentially habitable planets. Astronomers are using powerful ...

Plants & Animals Apr 28, 2025

Many paths to an angry bird: Female cavity-nesting birds show higher aggression when defending limited nesting sites

"Get off my lawn!" Funny as a meme but maybe scary in real life, this short sentence is synonymous with an elderly man shouting at kids whose bikes have gotten too close to a well-manicured front yard. But it could just as ...

Biotechnology Apr 16, 2025

How local regulations helped create certainty and safety principles that enabled biotech's massive growth

It's considered a scientific landmark: A 1975 meeting at the Asilomar Conference Center in Pacific Grove, California, shaped a new safety regime for recombinant DNA, ensuring that researchers would apply caution to gene splicing. ...

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 ...

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