Again to the long run – Vox

This version of The Spotlight is a thought experiment: What if among the options to our most pressing challenges, from local weather change to public well being crises, may very well be discovered by reimagining previous ideas and outmoded expertise? The longer term is nearer than we predict — we simply have to rethink what we already know, whether or not that’s the meat we eat, the workplace areas we haven’t returned to, or the batteries powering the electrical car revolution.

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Our buildings are making us sick

Right here’s how you can repair them — and what’s getting in the way in which.

By Keren Landman

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Contained in the fantastical, pragmatic quest to make “hybrid” meat

Hybrid automobiles gave technique to electrical autos. Might “hybrid meat” do the identical for beef and pork?

By Kenny Torrella

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Below the hood of the electrical car revolution

Within the EV period, previous automakers are studying new tips.

By Rebecca Heilweil

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The tip of a battery’s life issues as a lot as its starting

People are horrible at recycling. Electrical automobiles are an opportunity to alter that.

By Rebecca Leber

Phil Robibero for Vox

The wasted potential of rubbish dumps

Poisonous landfills are emblems of environmental injustice throughout the US. Clear power can remake them.

By Neel Dhanesha

Ben Denzer for Vox

The way forward for the workplace is a lab

What’s going to occur to the workplace area we not want?

By Rani Molla

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