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Economics & Business Apr 21, 2026

Severe COVID lockdowns cost home sellers and landlords millions

Melbourne home sellers and landlords lost up to $55 million a week as sales prices and rents declined after the second severely restrictive COVID-19 lockdown (July 2020) to attract buyers and renters who were relocating to ...

Economics & Business Apr 17, 2026

Understanding community effects of Asian immigrants' US housing purchases

Asian immigrants are both the fastest-growing and highest-earning immigrant ethnic group in the United States, facts that have caught the attention of many economists interested in how these groups—whether investors or residents—impact ...

Astrobiology Apr 15, 2026

Planets need more water to support life than scientists previously thought

Unfortunately for science fiction fans, desert worlds outside our solar system are unlikely to host life, according to new research from the University of Washington. Scientists show that an Earth-sized planet needs at least ...

Ecology Apr 11, 2026

Researchers enhance original forestry decision-making software

Mississippi State researchers have developed an updated version of a widely used forestry decision-making tool, improving accessibility and usability while maintaining its analytical strength.

Environment Apr 9, 2026

Designing cities: Should we build from scratch or keep history alive?

Cities are often described as living archives of human memory. Walk through an old neighborhood in an Islamic city like Fez in Morocco or Cairo in Egypt, and you can see layers of history in its streets and buildings. Traces ...

Ecology Mar 27, 2026

Barcelona Metropolitan Area has lost more than 70% of agricultural land in recent decades, finds study

Peri-urban agriculture in the Barcelona Metropolitan Area (AMB) is in a critical situation after decades of decline. A new study conducted by the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma ...

Other Mar 21, 2026

Saturday Citations: Merging brown dwarfs, ancient machine guns, gravitational wave detection

This week, among a lot of other important findings, we learned that emperor cichlid fish have gaze sensitivity and dislike it if you look at them—or especially their children. England is looking for a solution to its 5-billion-liter ...

Environment Mar 20, 2026

Risk of groundwater contamination is still poorly monitored in the São Paulo Metropolitan Area, researchers warn

The São Paulo Metropolitan Area (SPMA) in Brazil has approximately 22 million inhabitants and consumes an average of 61.6 cubic meters (61,600 liters) of water per second. Although nearly the entire public water supply originates ...

Environment Mar 2, 2026

Built to withstand, or built to worry? Housing and disaster risk perception

I have always been interested in how people make decisions under uncertainty—especially decisions about safety. But it was not until I began studying housing conditions and disaster risk that I realized how deeply our built ...

Earth Sciences Mar 2, 2026

Vancouver built up fast—but now its older towers face an earthquake reckoning

In 1957, Vancouver took a decisive turn in its urban development when city council lifted the eight-story height limit in the West End neighborhood on the downtown peninsula, opening the door to high-rise living along English ...

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