Volcanoes are erupting in The Philippines, but on-fire Australia received some welcome rain. The Iran war cries have been called off and The Donald’s military powers are about to be hamstrung by the Senate. Meanwhile, his impeachment trial is starting, and we’re all on Twitter for a front-row seat.
Author: Molly Bergen
08/23/2021
FDA vaccine approval is good news for markets, employment, economy
The Food and Drug Administration’s decision Monday to grant full approval to Pfizer-BioNTech's two-dose Covid-19 vaccine pushed markets higher, boosting the Dow Jones Industrial Average by 300 points and propelling the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq to new highs.
08/23/2021
Costa Ricans Live Longer Than Us. What’s the Secret?
We’ve starved our public-health sector. The Costa Rica model demonstrates what happens when you put it first.
08/23/2021
Higher Education post-COVID with Scott Galloway
Seventeen plus months in, the global pandemic continues to upend institutions of learning, including higher education.
06/17/2021
My mom can’t afford hearing aids. The pandemic reminded us why she needs them.
For 10 minutes, I asked my 77-year-old mother if she needed cleaning wipes or toilet paper. It was early in the pandemic, when we were just starting to get a hint that these things would become scarce, so I had called to see if she wanted me to try to grab some for her before they vanished from store shelves.
08/21/2021
Athens Is Only Getting Hotter. Its New ‘Chief Heat Officer’ Hopes to Cool It Down.
Eleni Myrivili has been tasked with finding ways to help the Greek capital cope with ever-hotter heat waves that are expected to be part of life for years to come.
08/22/2021
Solar Power Booms in Georgia, Where It Isn’t Mandated
Georgia has no mandates requiring power companies to add renewable energy and hasn’t made climate change a political priority. Solar power is booming there anyway.
08/19/2021
Moderna to start first human trials of mRNA HIV vaccine
"There's a pressing need for new ways to prevent infection from viruses like HIV and influenza that conventional vaccines have struggled to address and to treat rare genetic diseases and cancers that kill millions each year," Axios' Alison Snyder writes. "Vaccines and therapies based on messenger RNA (mRNA) hold promise as a solution."
08/21/2021
A ‘rewilding revolution’: How 9 million trees reforested England
It's been 30 years since the first tree was planted in a rewilding revolution in the heart of England, aiming to reclaim an industrial landscape scarred by centuries of mining.
08/21/2021
The rise of 3D-printed houses
A batch of new houses across California is selling unusually fast. In the past two months, 82 have been snapped up, and the waiting list is 1,000 long. That demand should, though, soon be satisfied—for, while it can take weeks to put up a conventional bricks-and-mortar dwelling, Palari Homes and Mighty Buildings, the collaborators behind these houses, are able to erect one in less than 24 hours.
08/17/2021
Real Estate Industry Works to Change Its Ways
Reckoning with its historical role in promoting racism in homeownership, real estate professionals are rewriting rules and working to help increase Black homeownership.
08/13/2021