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One ban more than halved the number of Airbnb properties. Soon, rents in the city had dropped by up to three percent — saving tenants $114 per month on average.

Several of the most prominent providers of the AI engines behind transcription services have seen their AI become even more accurate in the last year, according to a recent study.

Even optimistic population estimates are dire, at fewer than 2,500 mature individuals and no more than 250 in any given population. But there's good news...

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Amid violence, loss, and devastation, this youth chorus made up of Palestinians and Israelis have found a shared humanity through music.

A baby blue pygmy whale — the youngest ever spotted — is giving scientists renewed hope for the future of the endangered species.

Hank & John Green have expanded their give-back products to include socks in children's sizes.

Tiny marine life forms called plankton play a huge role in ocean carbon cycling.

Some factors in policymaking are obvious, others not. Often, policy is made by groups of people working together — advocates, regular citizens, lobbyists, lawmakers. Less often, there’s a single person who emerges as the key figure in making new policy.

A recent World Meteorological Organization report called heat waves the “deadliest meteorological hazard” from 2015 to 2019, affecting people living on all continents, and setting new national heat records in many regions.

A mother grizzly bear was spotted with a record five cubs, bringing the total bear cub count to 18, and highlighting the species' recovery.

Newly researched Arctic soil contains microorganisms capable of sequestering carbon and creating new life.