Kendra Secrett

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Business & Markets
  |  November 20, 2025

BNPL services are expanding fast

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) services were introduced years ago as a handy way to upgrade your phone early, or splurge on a birthday experience.

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Business & Markets
  |  November 18, 2025

The cost of holiday cheer is climbing

Shoppers looking to decorate their homes this holiday season may find a surprise or two on the shelves, and none of them involve voyeuristic elves.

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Business & Markets
  |  November 18, 2025

Unpacking the White House’s proposal for 50-year mortgages

Owning a home has long been part of the American dream.

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Business & Markets
  |  November 13, 2025

AI is boosting ad revenue growth

AI truthers have a new arrow in their quiver when participating in debates over the technology’s usefulness.

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Science & Emerging Tech
  |  November 13, 2025

Silicon Valley’s new obsession: building better babies

Artificial intelligence and satellite internet are so yesterday.

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Business & Markets
  |  November 6, 2025

America’s smallest coin is causing big headaches

The “Take a penny, leave a penny” tray industry appears to be on its last legs.

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Politics
  |  November 6, 2025

Breaking down the 2025 US election results

Election Day 2025 is now firmly in the rearview mirror, and results have been finalized from key races and ballot measures across the country.

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Science & Emerging Tech
  |  November 4, 2025

Welcome to the era of robot servants

California-based startup 1X Technologies has opened preorders for Neo, a 5’6” humanoid robot it’s calling “the world’s first consumer-ready home robot.”

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U.S.
  |  October 30, 2025

America’s PhD pipeline is drying up

America’s supply of overqualified coffee shop employees is in danger.

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Business & Markets
  |  October 30, 2025

White-collar workers are increasingly facing pink slips

If it feels like every recent LinkedIn post on your timeline starts with “After X amazing years at…”—you’re not alone.

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Science & Emerging Tech
  |  October 28, 2025

Geothermal: The future of energy located a mile underground

For decades, Americans have been sitting on an energy jackpot buried beneath their feet.

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Science & Emerging Tech
  |  October 23, 2025

Baby got snack: Child allergies are plummeting due to early exposure

For years, nurseries across America treated peanuts and other allergens like biohazardous material.

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Business & Markets
  |  October 23, 2025

OpenAI launches new Atlas web browser

OpenAI just took a swing at the internet’s biggest gatekeepers.

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World
  |  October 21, 2025

Gone in 420 seconds: A Louvre heist for the ages

A crew of thieves hit the Louvre Museum in broad daylight on Sunday and made off with a series of priceless artifacts, cementing their spot alongside Danny Ocean and his gang in the Heist Hall of Fame.

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Discussion
  |  October 17, 2025

SCOTUS considers case that could redraw America’s political map

The Supreme Court heard arguments this week in a Louisiana redistricting case that could fundamentally reshape how race factors into US elections.

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Science & Emerging Tech
  |  October 16, 2025

Scientists are turning thin air into power storage

Five decades ago, engineers stumbled upon a potential clean power storage breakthrough.

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Science & Emerging Tech
  |  October 14, 2025

Renewable energy achieves a new global milestone

Planet Earth recently experienced a historic power move in every sense of the word.

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Science & Emerging Tech
  |  October 9, 2025

There’s a scientific limit to your friend circle

Struggling to keep in touch with everyone from high school isn’t a character flaw—it’s a built-in scientific fact.

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Science & Emerging Tech
  |  October 7, 2025

E.T. could be hiding in our Solar System, new study suggests

Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus isn’t just another frozen speck in space—it’s quickly becoming one of the top contenders for finding life beyond Earth, according to new research.

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Business & Markets
  |  October 7, 2025

The little food brands that could

Big Food is facing an unexpected rival: small, nimble startups that seem to know what consumers want before even they do.

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