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 know-how? The long run is nearer than we expect — 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 automobile revolution.

Ben Denzer for Vox

Our buildings are making us sick

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

By Keren Landman

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Phil Robibero for Vox

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

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

By Kenny Torrella

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Ben Denzer for Vox

Underneath the hood of the electrical automobile revolution

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

By Rebecca Heilweil

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Nick Little for Vox

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 vary 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 power can remake them.

By Neel Dhanesha

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Ben Denzer for Vox

The way forward for the workplace is a lab

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

By Rani Molla

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Editors: Samantha Oltman, Adam Clark Estes, Libby Nelson, Izzie Ramirez, Brian Resnick, Bryan Walsh
Copy editors: Kim Eggleston, Elizabeth Crane, Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Tanya Pai
Artwork route: Dion Lee, Bita Honarvar
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Manufacturing/venture editors: Susannah Locke, Nathan Corridor