Real Estate
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The Ancient Back Story of the Slimiest Animal in the Sea
Researchers found that the slime eel, or hagfish, known for deluging predators with mucus, tripled the size of its genome…
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When Nate Berkus Decorates Your Home, It’s Best Not to Change a Thing
Just ask the actors Patrick Page and Paige Davis, whose Upper West Side apartment has remained virtually untouched for two…
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The Crochet Coral Reef Keeps Spawning, Hyperbolically
Every year after the full moons in late October and November, Australia’s Great Barrier Reef begins its annual spawning —…
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In Tokyo, Rescuing the Residential Spaceship That Fell to Earth
Fifty years ago, the Nakagin Capsule Tower was hailed as a marvel of biological design. Now its legacy lives on…
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$1.1 Million Homes in California
A chalet-style retreat in Idyllwild, a two-bedroom cottage with a guesthouse in Mendocino and a midcentury-modern home in Riverside.
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I’ve Got Bedbugs! How Do I Get Out of My Lease?
Breaking your lease comes with obvious risks, but they could be worth taking. On the other hand, you could help…
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How Do You Create a Calm Living Space in a Nerve-Racking City?
Two architects came up with a solution in a city that was once among the most stressful in the world:…
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This Distant Planet Has a 350,000-Mile-Long Comet-Like Tail
The stream of helium trailing WASP-69b, a “Hot Jupiter,” allows astronomers to study how planets lose their atmospheres.
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Scaly Fossil Is the Oldest-Known Piece of Skin
The specimen came from a 289 million-year-old fossil deposit and might offer clues to how skin evolved.
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New Origin Story for Tyrannosaurus Rex Suggested by Fossil
Researchers say the species they named Tyrannosaurus mcraeensis predated the dinosaur era’s great predator.