Housing Prices Fall Sharply

September 4, 2007 | ISSUE 43•36

The prices of U.S. homes fell by 3.2 percent in the second quarter, the steepest in 20 years. What do you think?

Great, I'm in the market for a house. Let me know when they drop below $300.

Branch Lewis
Waste Management
Does this mean I'll be able to buy back my foreclosed home back soon?

Elisa Fricke
Aesthetician
Thank God. Now the pressure's off for me to mow the damn lawn.

Kevin Rodden
Stylist

Burmese Pythons Exterminating Everglades Mammals

02.02.12 | ISSUE 48•05

A study in the journal Proceedings Of The National Academy of Sciences links a drastic decline in raccoons and other mammals in the Florida everglades to the introduction of Burmese pythons.
Facebook To Launch IPO

02.01.12 | ISSUE 48•05

Social networking site Facebook is expected to go public this week and will likely become the largest tech IPO in history.
Chevy To Sticker Cars' Environmental Impact

01.31.12 | ISSUE 48•05

Beginning with its 2012 subcompact Sonic, Chevrolet will begin providing information on the lifetime environmental impact of its cars.
Dogs Domesticated Earlier Than Thought

01.30.12 | ISSUE 48•05

The discovery of a jawbone in a Siberian cave may indicate the domestication of dogs took place 30,000 years ago, 16,000 years earlier than previously thought.
Oklahoma Bill Would Ban Use Of Fetuses In Food

01.27.12 | ISSUE 48•04

A bill introduced by Oklahoma state senator Ralph Shortey would prohibit the use of aborted fetuses in food products.