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Priced out of 'safe,' more and more Americans are moving to flood plains and fire zones.

Spotify has hit a marketing sweet spot: Users feel compelled to share their annual listening habits and, in doing so, advertise the streaming service to their legions of followers.

During a year of extraordinary uncertainty, workers built resilient networks within and across boundaries and distance. An anthropologist explains how these clusters and long-distance ties help people cope, organize and adapt.

To reduce emissions put into the atmosphere, Google is using carbon capture and sequestration. But not all CCS projects are the same.

My team analyzed decades of research on family businesses to find out their secret sauce. Three key differences help them keep an edge over competitors.

In 2024, only about 1 in 3 newly minted economics Ph.D.s were women.

Research on millionaire migration reveals that social and professional ties matter far more than marginal tax rates.

Free food may fill your stomach, but it doesn't always satisfy the desire to feel fully human.

Nonprofit news outlets face pressure to find new sources of revenue from their funders.

An overnight update to Counter-Strike 2 erased billions of dollars in valuable digital assets that players had accumulated. The law gives them almost no recourse.