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Carl Harris, a home builder outside Wichita, Kansas, used to charge buyers looking to build a growing family about $330,000 for a new home. But now he’s selling the same house for $450,000, putting it out of reach for most local families.”Two and a half years ago, you would have paid about $1,700 on that home. Today, it’s just a little over $3,000,” said Harris, who also serves as president of the National Association of Home Builders. “That keeps a lot of people out of the market, and that’s a real concern.”He says the $120,000 added to the home’s price…

Power lines lead into the coal-fired Intermountain Power Plant outside Delta, Utah. The plant, which is getting new turbines that can burn natural gas and hydrogen, is at the center of an ambitious project to cut greenhouse gas emissions. George Frey/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption George Frey/Getty Images A couple hours south of Salt Lake City, the open desert is a hive of activity. Hundreds of workers push gravel and pull cables around low-slung green buildings. Beyond a guard shack, a stream of pickup trucks buzz along a two-lane highway that fades into sagebrush. The workers spill into Delta,…

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NEW DELHI: Former Australia captain Ian Chappell says pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah and keeper-batsman Rishabh Pant will be crucial for India to claim a historic series hat-trick in Australia. Cricket guru Chappell believes India’s upcoming five Test matches, including three against New Zealand, will be ideal preparation for the highly-anticipated series against Australia in the World Test Championship cycle.Chappell stressed the importance of Bumrah and Pant remaining injury-free and in tip-top condition.”India’s number one priority will be to get as many players fit as possible without any major injuries, but the most pressing issue is achieving that target with Jasprit…

Carolina Panthers quarterback Andy Dalton (14) leaves the field during a pregame game against the New Orleans Saints at the Caesars Superdome on September 8, 2024 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Credit: Steven Lew Immag ImagesThe Carolina Panthers will face off against the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday in a must-see Week 3 game at Allegiant Stadium.In their next game against Las Vegas, the Panthers are determined to overcome their offensive challenges. Veteran quarterback Andy Dalton will lead the Carolina Panthers’ offense for the first time since head coach Dave Canales benched Bryce Young. It was a tough decision for…

A recent study published in the experimental psychology journal Learning, Memory, and Cognition found that people don’t seem to recognize the infinity symbol (∞) as representing the concept of endlessness. Rather, people often mistake it for a concrete number like other numerical values. This finding suggests that our minds may process infinity as simply a point on a numerical scale, rather than as an abstract concept distinct from numbers.The concept of infinity has long intrigued mathematicians and philosophers, but it remains difficult for most people to understand. Infinity represents something that is beyond the limits of numbers. Infinity is unending,…

New Delhi: The Indian Cancer Genome Atlas (ICGA) has announced the launch of a comprehensive cancer multi-omics data portal that will provide open access to clinically correlated data of cancer patients in India and aid in cancer research and treatment for Indians.”The portal will provide data including DNA, RNA and protein profiles of breast cancer patients integrated with clinical outcomes. Currently, the platform comprises data of 50 breast cancer patients and is expected to expand to over 500 patients in the next year. The data will be freely accessible to the global research community under India’s PRIDE guidelines, which promote…

Matthew, a registered nurse based in the western US, started working as a field case manager about 10 years ago, but it wasn’t until a few years later that he quietly began working multiple jobs to boost his income.Matthew, who was promoted to supervisor in 2019, told Business Insider in an email that he was looking for a way to earn extra income and thought his new job, which allowed him to work remotely a few days a week, might be flexible enough to allow him to work part-time as well.In addition to supplementing his income, Matthew saw the opportunity…

Get your free copy of Editor’s DigestFT editor Roula Khalaf picks her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.The United Nations, which delivers life-saving vaccines to poorer countries, has the widest range of vaccines ever but is battling financial constraints on donations from wealthy nations, its chief executive warned.Sania Nishtar said financial demands on Gavi’s main donors, from rebuilding struggling economies to conflict and climate change, were leading them to explore greater use of “vaccine bonds”, which spread payments over multiple years.Nishtar’s comments highlight a broader global public health dilemma ahead of next week’s UN General Assembly talks, where funding pressures…

China is rapidly closing the gap with the United States in medical research publications, according to leading scientific publishers, a trend driven by government policies and developments in artificial intelligence (AI).Marie Soulière, head of editorial ethics and quality assurance at Frontiers, one of the world’s largest academic publishers, said China’s overall research output is gradually overtaking that of the United States, with its lead most evident in the field of medicine.”In 2019, China overtook the United States in share of medical articles, with 22% of published content in these areas coming from China, compared with 19% from the United States.…