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Social Sciences Feb 24, 2025

'It's disgusting that they can get away with this': Here's how eviction can affect tenants' lives

For people relying on rental properties to keep a roof over their heads, there are few things more scary than the possibility of being evicted from their home.

Environment Feb 24, 2025

New, greener software model could democratize access to geospatial analysis

Computer analysis of geospatial data could be made more environmentally-friendly thanks to a groundbreaking new software model built by a team of scientists from a Scottish university.

Economics & Business Feb 18, 2025

Avoiding the workplace mediocrity trap: Exclusion of top performers can lead to intentional underperformance

Confidence. Persistence. Ingenuity. Conventional wisdom tells us these are some of the traits needed for success at the office. But within teams, less laudable characteristics—maintaining the status quo, for instance—might ...

Astrobiology Feb 13, 2025

White dwarf stars may host more habitable exoplanets than expected

Among the roughly 10 billion white dwarf stars in the Milky Way galaxy, a greater number than previously expected could provide a stellar environment hospitable to life-supporting exoplanets, according to astronomers at the ...

Ecology Feb 11, 2025

Choose your fighter: Battle-ready beneficial insects

Choosing your fighter can be tough when there are so many great options. Do you prioritize a cool look, armor, speed, strength, savage taunts, hunger to hunt or advanced combos?

Political science Feb 5, 2025

California housing officials recommend that state protect renters from extreme heat

Citing the hundreds of lives lost to extreme heat each year, California state housing officials are urging lawmakers to set residential cooling standards long opposed by landlords and builders who fear such a measure would ...

Political science Feb 3, 2025

Powerful legal and financial services enable kleptocracy, research shows

Powerful legal and financial service industries are enabling kleptocracy and corrupt elites to operate with relative impunity, a new study shows.

Space Exploration Jan 30, 2025

Ready for 156 Space Coast launches this year, Space Force targets bottlenecks

The Space Force is prepped to support an average of 13 launches per month from the Space Coast in 2025, but it's a juggling act that has the world's No. 1 spaceport running up against infrastructure roadblocks.

Economics & Business Jan 29, 2025

The US stock market does better under Democrat presidents than Republicans—here's what the data shows

The US has been experiencing a long "bull" stock market, that is rapid growth in stock prices, although this week tech stocks tumbled over the future prospects for US-built AI.

Economics & Business Jan 29, 2025

In this architecture class, students tackle gentrification in Boston's Chinatown

The site of what is now the Metropolitan apartment complex on Oak Street in Boston has been at the heart of community life in the city's Chinatown neighborhood for nearly a century. A hub for the city's immigrants, it was ...

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