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People at Historic Murphy Avenue in Sunnyvale, California.
  • An analysis from RentCafe indicated how far renters' income can go in 189 US places.
  • RentCafe ranked cities based on income, rent, and expenses, including food.
  • Sunnyvale, CA, had the highest score and the largest monthly income among the places in the analysis.

Sunnyvale, California, has over 150,000 people


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A coral farm in the Bahamas is proving that the most efficient way to restore coral reefs may be growing them on land.

Coral Vita is a reef restoration project which grows corals using microfragmentation — the process of cutting corals into small pieces and positioning them near each other to trigger a natural healing and accelerate the rapid growth of coral tissue.

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Kansas City.
  • A boomer and his wife moved to Kansas after living in California for 50 years.
  • He and his wife sold their house for $1.4 million and bought a historic Kansas home for under $400,000.
  • He said it's much easier to make friends in Kansas, and the cost of living is much lower.

Mike H., 73, lived in California for 50 years, but it took a high school reunion in Kansas


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In the fall of 2020, I found myself in unfamiliar territory: I was looking for a new job. In theory, it was something I should have known a lot about as an economics reporter. But in practice, I was lost. Because I had stumbled into a great job right out of college, and stayed with that company for a decade, I was blissfully unaware of how soul-crushing it was to be a job seeker


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Not so long ago, artificial intelligence was just something people spoke about in movies set in the distant future. Now, it seems like it's all anyone is talking about. Advancements have been sudden and dramatic. There's still so much we don't know, but what's clear is that artificial intelligence is here to stay. And it's going to change the way we all live our lives.

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Susan Skinner has found methods to help avoid loneliness as she gets older.
  • After Susan Skinner's husband died, she worried she would get lonely.
  • The 71-year-old decided to prioritize social connections through weekly "Taco Tuesdays."
  • She's also found success calling people on her contact list with whom she hasn't spoken in a while.

When Susan Skinner, 71, went to a recent doctor's


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Alli Peck moved to Las Vegas and took a pay cut of $39,000.
  • Alli Peck made $184,000 as a program manager at an engineering startup.
  • In 2021, she and her husband moved to Las Vegas, subsequently quitting her job and taking a 20% pay cut.
  • Peck says the move and the pay cut were worth it and she loves her life in Vegas.

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Andrea Mac says she makes 100% of her family's income and does 10% of the household chores consistently.
  • Andrea Mac, a growth strategist, shares her experience as her family's sole financial provider.
  • Her husband left his job to become the full-time caregiver for their four children.
  • Mac sometimes grapples with the value she brings to her family beyond money.

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Gary and Tam Holm being interviewed by Business Insider.
  • Tam and Gary Holm were drawn to Sicily by the one-euro home promotion.
  • Auctions for the homes started at one euro, but the couple ended up spending a lot more.
  • They told BI they fell in love with Sicily, leading them to buy two properties.

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House and Senate appropriators have released NASA’s final spending bill for the fiscal year 2024, focusing on the Artemis program’s goal of returning astronauts to the Moon. However, there’s still considerable uncertainty surrounding the agency’s plans for bringing back rocky samples from Mars.

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The Federal Communications Commission is considering a proposal to bar landlords from charging tenants in bulk for cable, internet, and satellite services, offering them more choice in the kinds of services they need.

The agency is circulating a proposed rule to ban the practice of “bulk billing,” the White House announced in a press release ahead of President Joe Biden’s meeting



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If you've ever thought about the first stars after the Big Bang, you might have racked your brain just trying to fathom what they were made of.

Given that most of the metals of the universe are thought to have come from exploded dead stars, scientists have rationalized that the firstborn must have been composed almost entirely of hydrogen and helium, the primitive material that emerged out of the