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Creating new, larger protected areas for wildlife is hard. Here’s what it takes

Driving north on state Highway 66 through the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in central Montana, it’s easy to miss a small herd of bison lounging just off the road behind an 8-foot fence. Each...

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Detroit is building a new cultural district, one abandoned building at a time

There is a point inside the new Detroit art gallery and cultural venue the Shepherd where the building has an audible impact on visitors. Stepping into its main performance space, there is a sudden...

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L.A. County has been home to toxic oil wells for 100 years—and Big Oil wants...

On Tuesday, residents of a small Los Angeles County town came out in force to urge their city council to reject a California oil and gas company’s proposal to extend its neighborhood drilling...

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A tale of 2 families: Teens rely on social media, but some opt out until it’s...

Kate Bulkeley’s pledge to stay off social media in high school worked at first. She watched the benefits pile up: She was getting excellent grades. She read lots of books. The family had lively...

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This Harvard dropout thinks AI recruiters are the future of college admissions

Zack Perkins, founder and CEO of CollegeVine, is a Harvard dropout who wants to democratize the college admissions process. In late May, the company unrolled an AI college recruiter that can text,...

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Housing market inventory in Texas is back above pre-pandemic levels. These...

Want more stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the free, daily ResiClub newsletter. Given the absence of an excessive amount of existing homes for sale on the market, it...

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The Savannah Bananas storm Fenway Park

Savannah Bananas founder and owner Jesse Cole dreamed as a kid about playing for the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. This weekend, he will live that dream … sort of. Rather than taking the field in a...

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This classic answer engine still outsmarts AI chatbots

Everyone’s talking about AI chatbots, but they’re not the best tool for every job. I’m not knocking AI here—those large language models like ChatGPT, Bing Chat, and Google Bard are impressive. But AI...

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Get in shape for the summer with these AI-infused fitness apps

Whelp, let’s get this over with. It’s almost summer, which means it’s time to start getting back into shape again. Luckily, we’re living in the golden age of AI, so instead of shuffling off to the gym...

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How corporate incubation labs help promote tech innovation

About five years ago, our data security company faced a situation no company ever wants to deal with: Some newly released products weren’t selling as well as forecast, and the pressure was on here at...

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How Elvis Presley’s Graceland is a mood board of 1950s Americana that bridges...

Nearly 50 years have passed since Elvis Presley died; save for an annual August observance to commemorate the anniversary of the singer’s death, most days produce little news about Presley or his...

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What you need to know about the heat index and extreme heat risks

You’ve probably heard people say, “It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity.” There’s a lot of truth to that phrase, and it’s important to understand it as summer temperatures rise. Humidity doesn’t just...

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What Salesforce learned after saving 50,000 hours of work using AI

Salesforce recently announced that it has introduced more than 50 AI-powered tools among its workforce and reported that these tools have saved its employees in excess of 50,000 hours—or 24 years’...

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Our brains are lazy when faced with making a choice. Here are 3 strategies to...

Sometime in the early 1600s, stable owner Thomas Hobson faced a business dilemma: His best horses were the ones most in-demand from his customers.  Nothing was surprising about this. However, because...

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How the Caribbean is adapting to climate change after a record-breaking 2024...

Preparing for Atlantic hurricane season is always a priority in the Caribbean, especially when forecasts project high numbers of storms, as they do for 2024. The region’s most devastating storm in...

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How Black Music Month has evolved since the 1970s

Every June since the 1970s, across the United States, musicians, fans, and industry professionals celebrate Black Music Month. It’s an opportunity to highlight the contributions of Black artists and...

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Housing inventory is growing fast in Florida. Here’s why builders say they...

Want more stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the free, daily ResiClub newsletter. During a recent Q&A with ResiClub, housing economist Ali Wolf said that despite...

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Beyond Seinfeld’s ‘Unfrosted,’ the Pop-Tarts story teaches entrepreneurs an...

The recent release of Unfrosted, which was directed by Jerry Seinfeld, had an underwhelming debut on Netflix and has even been declared “one of the decade’s worst movies.” But with a star-studded cast...

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For AI to really succeed, we need to protect private data

A few days ago, 13 AI employees wrote an open letter calling for greater transparency into AI operations. They understand this is a turning point in the evolution of AI, and the future of our industry...

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Gen Z’s growing credit card debt problem, and how to fix it

Anyone who has lived through several iterations of the “kids these days!” generational wars probably recognizes the rhetoric elders are lobbing at Gen Z for youthful spending choices. The cold brew...

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