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How the Chernobyl Sarcophagus Works—and What's Inside Science

How the Chernobyl Sarcophagus Works—and What's Inside

The Chernobyl New Safe Confinement is the largest moveable land-based structure ever built, an engineering marvel designed to seal 200 tons of radioac...

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How Supershear Earthquakes Work—and Why They Hit Harder Science

How Supershear Earthquakes Work—and Why They Hit Harder

Supershear earthquakes rupture faster than their own seismic waves, creating Mach cone shockwaves analogous to sonic booms. These rare but devastating...

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How Lunar Bases Work—and What It Takes to Build One Science

How Lunar Bases Work—and What It Takes to Build One

Building a permanent outpost on the Moon requires solving extreme challenges from radiation and temperature swings to construction with local soil. He...

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Poland to Spend 8.7 Billion Zlotys on Social Housing in 2026 Living & Furniture

Poland to Spend 8.7 Billion Zlotys on Social Housing in 2026

The government is allocating a record 8.7 billion zlotys to social and municipal housing in 2026, planning to build and renovate 18,000 apartments for...

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US Housing Market Thaws as Rates Near 6% and Inventory Rises Living & Furniture

US Housing Market Thaws as Rates Near 6% and Inventory Rises

The US housing market is showing signs of recovery as mortgage rates approach their lowest levels since 2022, inventory climbs to a five-year high, an...

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Housing in Spain: Historic Record with a 12.7% Increase Living & Furniture

Housing in Spain: Historic Record with a 12.7% Increase

The price of free-market housing in Spain closed 2025 with its largest increase since 2007, a 12.7% year-on-year rise, and BBVA Research experts predi...

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US Spring 2026: Rates Tick Up, Affordability Hits 4-Year High Living & Furniture

US Spring 2026: Rates Tick Up, Affordability Hits 4-Year High

Mortgage rates edged up to 6.11% in mid-March 2026, yet housing affordability reached its best level since March 2022 as slowing price growth and risi...

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How Zoning Laws Drive Up Home Prices Economy

How Zoning Laws Drive Up Home Prices

Restrictive single-family zoning covers roughly 75% of residential land in America and is a primary driver of the housing shortage and affordability c...

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Housing Crisis: Spanish Property Prices Soar 12.7% in 2025 Living & Furniture

Housing Crisis: Spanish Property Prices Soar 12.7% in 2025

The price of free-market housing in Spain skyrocketed by 12.7% in 2025, the largest annual increase since 2007, according to the INE. A structural def...

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Europe's Rents to Rise 3–4% in 2026 as Construction Lags Living & Furniture

Europe's Rents to Rise 3–4% in 2026 as Construction Lags

CBRE's European Real Estate Market Outlook 2026 forecasts residential rents rising 3–4% across the continent, driven by acute housing shortages in Spa...

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Europe's Housing Crisis: Middle Class Priced Out Living & Furniture

Europe's Housing Crisis: Middle Class Priced Out

A chronic shortage of affordable homes is shutting middle-income households out of ownership markets across Europe's major cities, as underbuilding, s...

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How Self-Healing Materials Work and Why They Matter Science

How Self-Healing Materials Work and Why They Matter

Self-healing materials can automatically repair cracks and damage—from concrete bridges to spacecraft composites. Here is the science behind this brea...

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