Again to the longer term – Vox

This version of The Spotlight is a thought experiment: What if a few of 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 know-how? The longer term is nearer than we predict — we simply must 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.

Ben Denzer for Vox

Our buildings are making us sick

Right here’s the way to repair them — and what’s getting in the best way.

By Keren Landman

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Phil Robibero for Vox

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

Hybrid vehicles gave strategy to electrical automobiles. May “hybrid meat” do the identical for beef and pork?

By Kenny Torrella

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Ben Denzer for Vox

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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Nick Little for Vox

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

Individuals are horrible at recycling. Electrical vehicles are an opportunity to alter that.

By Rebecca Leber

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Phil Robibero for Vox

The wasted potential of rubbish dumps

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

By Neel Dhanesha

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Ben Denzer for Vox

The way forward for the workplace is lab

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

By Rani Molla

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