153 words How to end the American obsession with driving - To fight climate change, cities need to be designed with much more walking, biking, and public transit use in mind.
241 words The Biggest Truth Most Leaders Misunderstand About 'the Great Resignation' - Want your employees to stick around? Flexibility is just the minimum.
116 words We call upon Reddit to take action against the rampant Coronavirus misinformation on their website.
128 words Workers Don’t Want Their Old Jobs on the Old Terms - “labor shortages” is a good thing, not a problem. The pandemic may have given many Americans a chance to figure out what really matters to them — and the money they were being paid for unpleasant jobs, some now realize, just wasn’t enough.
157 words Moderna's mRNA-based HIV Vaccine to Start Human Trials Early As tomorrow (8/18)
103 words China overtakes US in AI research
125 words Stunning new report ranks US dead last in health care among richest countries—despite spending the most “If health care were an Olympic sport, the U.S. might not qualify in a competition with other high-income nations.”
282 words Millennials Age 40 With No Home, More Debt Run Out of Time to Build Wealth - Millennials Are Running Out of Time to Build Wealth The oldest members of the generation turn 40 this year. They’re only 80% as wealthy as their parents were at this age.
132 words Global Plastic Pollution May Be Nearing an Irreversible Tipping Point
415 words mRNA vaccine technology moves to flu: Moderna says trial has begun
312 words Pentagon report says UFOs can't be explained, and this admission is a big deal - Its bombshell finding is that “a handful of UAP appear to demonstrate advanced technology”.
197 words Retail workers are quitting at record rates for higher-paying work: ‘My life isn’t worth a dead-end job’ - Some 649,000 employees gave notice in April, the sector’s largest one-month exodus in over 20 years, a reflection of pandemic-era strains and a strengthening job market
187 words Kill the 5-Day Workweek - Reducing hours without reducing pay would reignite an essential but long-forgotten moral project: making American life less about work.
161 words Stop Worrying and Love the F-150 Lightning: Ford’s first electric pickup truck signals that decarbonization has entered a new era.
127 words India plans to import tariff itself into solar manufacturing: launches anti-dumping probe for PV cells from China, Thailand, Vietnam
136 words The Battle for a $15 Minimum Wage Is Already Won - Even without Congress acting, companies are feeling pressured to meet what's become the new benchmark for worker pay.
184 words Startup expects to have lab grown chicken breasts approved for US sale within 18 months at a cost of under $8/lb.
128 words Women are taking a 'rain check' on babies, and it could change the shape of the economy - A decline in birth rates has sparked worries that the US may be headed for what's known as a "demographic time bomb," in which an aging population isn't replaced by enough young workers.
370 words The minimum wage would be $44 an hour if it had grown at the same rate as Wall Street bonuses
158 words Current projections show that half of American adults will be obese by 2030, and that 60% of today's American children will be obese by age 35. The obesity epidemic currently accounts for more than $170 billion in surplus medical costs per year in the U.S.