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The housing market slowdown, explained in 7 charts

A “for sale” sign in Markham, Ontario. The housing market in the United States is slowing down — but rent…

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What can the IAEA do in Zaporizhzhia?

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi speaks to the media at Vienna International Airport on…

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The race to find 2,100 missing species before they go extinct

The widemouth blindcat, a type of catfish, has been missing since the 1980s. If it’s not extinct, it can be…

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Delia Owens wrote the thriller Where the Crawdads Sing. Was she also involved in a murder?

Cover of Where the Crawdads Sing; Mark and Delia Owens in the North Luangwa National Park in Zambia in 1990.…

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You’re being tracked through your email. Here’s how to stop it.

Denis Novikov/Getty Images/iStockphoto It’s time to turn off those secret email read receipts. I subscribe to a lot of newsletters.…

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Biden defended democracy — and pounced on a political opportunity

President Joe Biden in delivers his speech in Philadelphia. | Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images The goal was to make…

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In The Rings of Power, it’s not horrifying to be a woman

Galadriel (Morfydd Clark) takes center stage in Amazon’s new prequel series. | Amazon Women have always been crucial in The…

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How election deniers could sway the 2024 election

A protester holds placards supporting Doug Mastriano, now the GOP nominee for Pennsylvania governor, and his efforts to challenge the…

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It’s the end of the car as we know it

Cars are undergoing a profound transformation. | Allkindza/Getty Images The electric vehicle transition is really a U-turn. Cars changed the…

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Tell your cranky relative that renewables aren’t causing the power grid’s problems

Workers clean solar panels in Huntington Beach, California, on July 14. | Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images…

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