Elon Musk thinks life on earth will go extinct, and is putting his fortune toward colonizing Mars

If we stay on earth forever, “there will be some eventual extinction event,” says Elon Musk in an article published in academic journal New Space. In it, Musk says the alternative to this doomsday is for humans to become a multi-planetary species. He says...

Amazon’s Whole Foods buy puts shopping centers at risk as real estate stocks slump

A traditional grocery store might not be the safest tenant in town, after all. Real estate investment trusts, or REITs, are taking another beating in the equities market Friday following news that Amazon has plans to acquire Whole Foods. Shopping center REITs —...