A "For Sale" sign outside a home for sale in Crockett, California, US, on Wednesday, June 17, 2026.
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After five weeks of gains, mortgage rates fell very slightly last week. That was enough to bring a bit of demand back to the market.
The Western U.S. is experiencing periods of increasingly intense drought, and higher temperatures are exacerbating the issue by drawing even more moisture from plants and soils into the atmosphere. The results can be seen in the ever-expanding wildfire footprint, with many of the region's largest recorded wildfires occurring over the past decade. One DRI scientist is innovating a new way to monitor water stress in trees—one that may help monitor wildfire risk across the region.
A slight bastion of hope for those affected by the memory crisis (ie, anyone who wants to buy new electronics in the next few years) is the planned arrival of new fabrication facilities, pumping out vast amounts of wafers that will be turned into memory modules. According to Micron, though, we shouldn't hold our breath.
A view of the Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant as low flow rate of the Danube River has raised the risk of a shutdown of both operating reactors in Cernavoda, Constanta, Romania, on August 4, 2026. The Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant, Romania's only nuclear power facility, produces about 20% of the country's electricity.
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Michael Intrator, co-founder and CEO of CoreWeave, speaks during an interview with CNBC on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., Feb. 27, 2026.
Daye's at-home diagnostic tampon kit screens for HPV, STIs, and vaginal infections—bringing cervical cancer prevention out of the clinic and into a patient's own bathroom.
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A dangerous cocktail of tectonic positioning, loose earth and shoddy construction contributed to the unprecedented damage caused by Venezuela's twin earthquakes, experts say.