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Economics & Business Nov 28, 2023

How big UK builders have remained profitable without meeting housing supply targets

We must "bulldoze through" the planning system to "get Britain building again". So said Sir Keir Starmer at the Labour party's last annual conference. He argued it's time to "fight the blockers" and build the 1.5 million ...

Economics & Business Nov 24, 2023

Brave new workplace: The future of hybrid working

Are the CEOs of the world right in predicting that workers will be back in the office full-time by 2026? Not according to UNSW Sydney researcher Iva Durakovic.

Social Sciences Nov 23, 2023

Are rents rising in your neighborhood? Don't blame the baristas

Baristas who work in specialty coffee shops, along with hipsters more generally, have been referred to as the "shock troops" of urban gentrification—and it's no different in Philadelphia. These servers of artisanal coffee ...

Economics & Business Nov 15, 2023

Valuating companies based on climate risk response

Investor and government attention to climate-related issues is rising. However, how to assess, mitigate, and hedge climate risk remain a major challenge to industry and researchers.

Social Sciences Oct 26, 2023

Black families are being squeezed out of homeownership by corporate investors

In the years since the Great Recession, when housing prices dramatically fell, Wall Street investors have been buying large numbers of single-family homes to use as rentals. As of 2022, big investment firms owned nearly 600,000 ...

Plants & Animals Oct 18, 2023

Exploring the limits of marine burrow cohabitation

Good real estate is not easy to find, even for sea creatures. Sometimes, push comes to shove, and species resort to competition or conquering before weighing the benefits of sharing an ecosystem like housemates.

Economics & Business Oct 17, 2023

Four affordable housing strategies that are working in Canada

Cities like Vienna or Singapore are often referenced in news headlines proposing solutions for Canada's housing crisis. But the arguments in favor of the strategies employed by these far-away cities often only skim the surface ...

Space Exploration Oct 17, 2023

Vast $2 billion innovation hub is eyed at NASA Ames Silicon Valley complex

A vast $2 billion innovation hub is being eyed at the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, a complex that's poised to become a birthplace for cutting-edge technologies.

Environment Oct 16, 2023

Rising seas will tighten vise on Miami, even for people who are not flooded, says study

A new study that examines both the physical and socioeconomic effects of sea-level rise on Florida's Miami-Dade County area finds that in coming decades, four out of five residents may face disruption or displacement, whether ...

Ecology Oct 16, 2023

How LA's bird population is shaped by historic redlining and racist loan practices

On a recent afternoon in L.A."s Boyle Heights neighborhood, Christian Benitez and Eric M. Wood stood outside a corner liquor store searching for birds.

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