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Innovation
Who’s the Greenest State of All? Texas!
The Lone Star State, despite its reputation as the center of the fossil-fuel universe, may be the greenest state in the union—at least when it comes to energy.
10 min read
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World
Israel’s High-Tech Border Failure Could Happen in the U.S., Experts Say
Israel’s stunning failure to repel the invasion along its Gaza border has grave implications for U.S. military security.
18 min read
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Business
The Truth about Hybrid Work (Hint: It’s Messy—and It’s Not Going Away)
It’s changing the nature of work and management in surprising ways and rippling through the economy and much of society.
16 min read
Mobility
Your Next Green Car May Run on Gas and Get 100 Miles to the Gallon
A new “plasma igniter” device could potentially replace traditional spark plugs and help cars burn fuel more cleanly and efficiently
6 min read
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Health
Science Says Everything You Know about Food, Diet and Drugs is Wrong
Despite a proliferation of diets supposedly based on science, most theories about what to eat and why are flawed.
24 min read
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Health
Seven Proven Ways to Eat Healthfully, According to Science
Skip the junk, cook your own food
3 min read
Innovation
AI Is Helping Cities Build Resilience to Climate Change
A new kind of simulation, called a “digital twin,” uses artificial intelligence to help cities better prepare for the challenges and threats of climate change
10 min read
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Planet Heroes
The Psychedelic ’60s Have Everything to Do With Climate Change
Artist Hannah Rothstein uses the groovy, swirly vibe of iconic ’60s images to glamorize solutions to the climate conundrum
4 min read
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Planet Heroes
To Shore Up the Electrical Grid, Robert Kabera Uses AI to Probe Its Flaws
Robert Kabera wants to manage climate change by using technology to bring resilience to the electrical grid
4 min read
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Planet Heroes
Engineers Find a Zero-Carbon Way to Make Everyday Chemicals
Gaurab Chakrabarti and Sean Hunt of startup Solugen think they’ve found a carbon-neutral way of making everyday chemicals for households and industries
4 min read
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Planet Heroes
Kristy Drutman Is Fighting for Green Equity, One Job at a Time
Companies and nonprofits line up to pay for the privilege of posting their ads on Drutman’s Green Jobs Board
4 min read
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Sustainability
Ultra-Sustainable Building Technologies Are Hitting the Mainstream
The next wave in construction is ultra-sustainable buildings, which hit environmental goals that would have seemed inconceivable just 10 years ago
7 min read
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Science
How AI Will Make Our Lives Better (And Worse)
It’s impossible to know exactly what changes artificial intelligence will bring. We asked the experts anyway
13 min read
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Health
Pain Relief Without Opioids: Alternative Treatments That Work
Most doctors and other health experts agree that opioids should be a last resort for managing pain.
3 min read
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U.S.
You’re in Pain and Your Doctors Won’t Help? Blame the Opioid Backlash
Patients with legitimate medical needs are losing access to opioids while addiction and overdose rates continue to climb.
17 min read
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Science
How Hackers Outwit All Efforts to Stop Them: “It’s a Cyber Pandemic.”
Hackers, armed with high-tech tools and flush with funds, are quietly ruining people’s livelihoods, reputations and businesses. The cyber police are outmatched.
20 min read
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Science
Will Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Electric Car Mandate Save the World or Stall on the Freeway?
California’s plan to go all electric on new cars by 2035 is far more ambitious than past clean-air efforts—but high risk given how unreliable the power grid is.
17 min read
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Politics
Sweet Revenge: What Trump Would Do in a Second Term
“If you thought it was insane during his first term, you haven’t seen anything yet,” says one political strategist.
22 min read
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Health
How COVID Opened a ‘Pandora’s Box’ of Monkeypox, Polio and Other Diseases
The world seems to be entering a new, deadly era of health threats from infectious diseases—old ones we thought we’d wiped out, and new ones on the rise
19 min read
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Politics
Will Trump Do Time? What It Would Take to Convict the Former President
New evidence of crimes has triggered an unprecedented debate over the wisdom and pragmatics of charging, trying, convicting and jailing a former president
20 min read
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Science
Abortion, Science and Post-Roe America
Overturning Roe won’t stop States from tying abortion access to fetal viability.
22 min read
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