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5 keys to building a post-pandemic business
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5 keys to building a post-pandemic business

By Mikaela Boyd, Dunigan O’Keeffe and Arpan Sheth
August 31, 2022
A winemaker set out to revive forgotten grapes. What he discovered could help save vineyards from climate change
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A winemaker set out to revive forgotten grapes. What he discovered could help save vineyards from climate change

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August 30, 2022
Polyester-cotton blends are cheap, long lasting—and account for half of textile waste. A Bill Gates-backed startup has invented a way to recycle them into new threads
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Polyester-cotton blends are cheap, long lasting—and account for half of textile waste. A Bill Gates-backed startup has invented a way to recycle them into new threads

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August 16, 2022
A Bill Gates–backed startup is determined to solve the ‘pain in the neck’ problem keeping green hydrogen from fulfilling its clean energy potential
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A Bill Gates–backed startup is determined to solve the ‘pain in the neck’ problem keeping green hydrogen from fulfilling its clean energy potential

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August 2, 2022
Employees are living—and working—longer. CEOs are introducing initiatives like phased retirements to harness the ‘longevity economy’
Personal Finance

Employees are living—and working—longer. CEOs are introducing initiatives like phased retirements to harness the ‘longevity economy’

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July 26, 2022
An homeless old lady begs for money in t

A Scandinavian country is close to eliminating homelessness with a simple solution. Communities around the world are racing to copy it

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July 12, 2022
Besma Bouchrit, a research scientist for Brilliant Planet, stand in the middle of an algae farm.
Environment

A U.K. startup is building the world’s largest algae farm that each year will capture CO2 equal to the emissions of 8,000 cars

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July 5, 2022
A Ukrainian journalism professor has fought Putin’s disinformation machine for 8 years—with surprising success. Here’s why he’s convinced fake news can be defeated
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A Ukrainian journalism professor has fought Putin’s disinformation machine for 8 years—with surprising success. Here’s why he’s convinced fake news can be defeated

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June 28, 2022
Women’s rate of internet use was growing—until COVID hit. Now, a top telecom has ideas for how to close the remaining gender gap

Women’s rate of internet use was growing—until COVID hit. Now, a top telecom has ideas for how to close the remaining gender gap

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June 21, 2022
Africa is now the global leader in hydrogen energy, with even tiny Mauritania outproducing the U.S. Here’s why investors are so bullish
Environment

Africa is now the global leader in hydrogen energy, with even tiny Mauritania outproducing the U.S. Here’s why investors are so bullish

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June 14, 2022
‘Greenhouses on the moon:’ After growing plants in lunar soil, scientists see huge implications for crops in outer space—and on Earth
Environment

‘Greenhouses on the moon:’ After growing plants in lunar soil, scientists see huge implications for crops in outer space—and on Earth

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June 7, 2022
What happens when a car company with a checkered record on the environment hires a climate scientist
Environment

What happens when a car company with a checkered record on the environment hires a climate scientist

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May 31, 2022
War and record food prices are making edible insects more tempting to farmers—and investors

War and record food prices are making edible insects more tempting to farmers—and investors

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May 24, 2022
Ships that turn plastic waste into green fuel may be the only way to save oceans from country-sized garbage patches. A new venture believes it’s invented one

Ships that turn plastic waste into green fuel may be the only way to save oceans from country-sized garbage patches. A new venture believes it’s invented one

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May 17, 2022
Exterior of Voll Arkitekter's Mjøstårnet timber building, which includes a hotel, office spaces and apartments.

The race is on to build the world’s tallest wooden skyscraper—and re-imagine the urban skyline

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May 10, 2022

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