Real Estate
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Brooklyn Scores With the First All-Electric Building in New York City
Alloy Development decided to keep gas appliances out of its new building, 505 State Street, for sustainability. The rule that…
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A.I. Is Learning What It Means to Be Alive
In 1889, a French doctor named Francois-Gilbert Viault climbed down from a mountain in the Andes, drew blood from his…
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My Neighbor May Be a Hoarder. How Do We Get in There and Find Out?
Respecting your neighbor’s privacy is a friendly instinct. But you might have to get aggressive to ensure everyone else’s well-being.
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I Want the House, Not My Spouse
Dividing the marital home in divorce can be a financially and emotionally fraught experience.
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From an Unassuming Bungalow, She Created a ‘Micro Versailles’
When a neighbor left her a fortune, she didn’t buy a bigger house. She turned her cottage into a place…
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$1 Million Homes in London
A cottage in Nunhead Green, a two-bedroom apartment in Wapping and a three-bedroom duplex in Kingsland Basin.
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Good News and Bad News for Astronomers’ Biggest Dream
The National Science Foundation takes a step (just one) toward an “extremely large telescope.”
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The Night Sky Will Soon Get ‘a New Star.’ Here’s How to See It.
A nova named T Coronae Borealis lit up the night about 80 years ago, and astronomers say it’s expected to…
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You’ll Never Believe Which Animal Makes Milk for Its Babies
Wormlike amphibians called caecilians add cloacal secretions of a nutritious material similar to milk to their numerous quirks, according to…
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Rents Are Flat — or Up, or Down, Depending Where You Look
Nationally, one-year rent increases have leveled out, but local conditions may vary.