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Imperiled by Volcanic Eruptions, Iceland Scoops Up Answers From the Deep
Earth scientists are working to determine the course of future lava flows in Iceland’s southwestern corner one bucketful at a time.
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Mining for Neutrinos and for Cosmic Answers
In a South Dakota cavern, scientists are working to capture the most elusive particles in the universe.
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Why Interest Rate Cuts Won’t Fix a Global Housing Affordability Crisis
Central bankers are lowering borrowing costs, but that won’t be a cure-all for a widespread lack of affordable housing.
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Silicon Valley Wants to Fight Fires With Fire
How some high-tech entrepreneurs are trying to use new forms of technology to solve the problem of mega-wildfires in the age of climate change.
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Do Borrowers Still Have to Make Student Loan Payments Under SAVE?
The president’s student loan repayment plan remains suspended after a Supreme Court ruling. Here’s what that means for borrowers.
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The Report Card on Guaranteed Income Is Still Incomplete
A three-year analysis of unconditional cash stipends concluded that the initiative has had some success, but not the transformational impact its proponents hoped for.
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Harris and Trump Have Differing Plans to Solve Housing Crisis
The two presidential nominees are talking about their approaches for solving America’s affordability crisis. But would their plans work?
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Donors Quietly Push Harris to Drop Tax on Ultrawealthy
Vice President Kamala Harris’s fund-raising has benefited from a surge of interest from Silicon Valley and Wall Street.
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With Court Victories, Conservatives Push Back on Biden Policies
Legal challenges have blocked many of the policies that President Biden saw as critical to his legacy, on issues like immigration and student loans.
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Trump Keeps Turning Up the Dial on Vulgarity. Will He Alienate the Voters He Needs?
Donald J. Trump has been reposting racially and sexually charged insults of Kamala Harris, continuing a history of crass attacks. But in Ms. Harris, he may have found a particularly risky target.