Can government help when rents are too high?
Rents feel too high in a lot of cities, so governments worldwide keep stepping in to push them down. The results have been mixed, and rarely what the…
Year: 2026
A historic boom, and no one knows where it ends
The same giant companies that dominate the stock market are pouring almost unimaginable sums into artificial intelligence, and the figures are hard to…
Are you as diversified as you think?
Giant technology companies have grown so large that they now dominate the S&P 500, and that is changing how some investors think about index funds. As of…
What a kitchen fire spray can and can’t do
The little aerosol fire spray in the kitchen drawer may not last as long as homeowners expect. According to Consumer Reports, the cans carry only about a…
Your Wi-Fi may learn to recognize you
Here is an unsettling thought for the connected home: the same Wi-Fi signals that carry your video calls may also be able to tell who is standing in the…
Signed in August, not July
Americans celebrate the Declaration of Independence on July 4. But according to the National Archives, most of the 56 delegates did not sign the famous…
A frog rode the salad to the store
Talk about farm fresh. A shopper in Australia opened a bag of grocery-store salad in May and found an unexpected extra ingredient — a live frog, tucked…
A pigeon’s compass may sit in its liver
How a homing pigeon finds its way home across hundreds of unfamiliar miles has puzzled scientists for more than a century. A surprising new study points…
The fog that saved the revolution
Two hundred fifty years ago this month, the American Revolution nearly ended in the span of a few days. In late August 1776, General George Washington’s…
How to get AI to recommend your business
Ask an AI assistant where to find a good plumber or a marketing service, and it no longer returns a list of links. It names a few businesses outright –…