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pressing challenges, from local weather change to public well being crises, may very well be discovered by reimagining outdated ideas and outmoded know-how? The long run is nearer than we expect — we simply have to 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.

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Our buildings are making us sick

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

By Keren Landman

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

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

By Kenny Torrella

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Beneath the hood of the electrical car revolution

Within the EV period, outdated automakers are studying new methods.

By Rebecca Heilweil

Nick Little for Vox

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

People are horrible at recycling. Electrical vehicles are an opportunity to vary that.

By Rebecca Leber

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

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
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Viewers: Gabriela Fernandez, Shira Tarlo, Agnes Mazur, Mary Perkins
Manufacturing/undertaking editors: Susannah Locke, Nathan Corridor