• If the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates, is that good news?,Jonathan Lansner

    If the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates, is that good news?

    Hoping the Federal Reserve will cut the interest rates it controls fits the “be careful what you wish for” conundrum. There’s a good possibility the nation’s central bank will lower its Fed Funds rate – what banks pay overnight – at its next meeting Sept. 17. Federal Reserve officials have acknowled

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  • San Diego’s Polyhaus is Designing the Future of Fire-Safe Homes,Cole Novak

    San Diego’s Polyhaus is Designing the Future of Fire-Safe Homes

    The morning marine layer has just burned off in La Jolla. Heat pools on the pavement. Mirages shimmer off the patio stones as a leaf blower hums somewhere in the valley below. In the backyard of one quiet residential block, something strange juts up from the earth—an angular form clad in gleamin

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  • Can BrainEcho Technology Help Treat Insomnia?,Nicolle Monico

    Can BrainEcho Technology Help Treat Insomnia?

    As I walk into Cereset in Encinitas, I wonder if tonight will finally be the night I get the kind of sleep I remember from my childhood: fully knocked out, vivid dreams, pillow lines on my face. As I get situated in a La-Z-Boy chair, head tech coach Madolyn Dolce places electroencephalogram (EEG) s

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