Full Bank Accounts, Empty Storefronts: The Economics Of High-Rent Blight

Urban blight is nothing new. The signature image of plummeting real estate is block after block of properties vacated as businesses move out. Now the high price of real estate in American cities is creating a new phenomenon: In otherwise healthy economic areas, the rents are climbing so high they’re driving businesses away—and no other businesses can afford to move in.

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Tiny palm-top UAV folds itself up like an origami quadcopter

Tiny quadcopters that fit in the palm of your hand have been around for a few years now, but very few of those drones can also fit in your pocket; what with their easily snapped rotor spars. However, a pair of researchers from the Swiss Federal Insti…

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Gaming cooperatively makes you more sociable, say scientists

Gaming has well known dark sides, but it can also improve spatial skills, reduce stress and even bring families together. Two new studies may further confuse you about the benefits, with one concluding that gaming makes you friendlier in the real wor…

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Samsung patented a laptop-smartphone dock with dual OSes

Combination laptop-tablet not enough? Want even more gadget overlap? Then try ASUS’ still incoming Windows laptop/Android phone hybrid. We (half) joke, because Samsung’s patented something along those very lines. In the Korean manufacturer’s case, a …

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