Back to the future – Vox

This edition of The Emphasize is a assumed experiment: What if some of the solutions to our most urgent difficulties, from local climate improve to general public health and fitness crises, could be observed by reimagining aged concepts and outmoded technological know-how? The long run is nearer than we believe — we just need to have to rethink what we currently know, irrespective of whether that is the meat we consume, the office areas we have not returned to, or the batteries powering the electric auto revolution.

Our buildings are building us ill

Here’s how to fix them — and what’s obtaining in the way.

By Keren Landman

Inside of the fantastical, pragmatic quest to make “hybrid” meat

Hybrid cars and trucks gave way to electric powered autos. Could “hybrid meat” do the similar for beef and pork?

By Kenny Torrella

Less than the hood of the electrical motor vehicle revolution

In the EV era, aged automakers are learning new tricks.

By Rebecca Heilweil

The conclude of a battery’s everyday living matters as much as its commencing

Americans are awful at recycling. Electrical vehicles are a chance to adjust that.

By Rebecca Leber

The wasted opportunity of rubbish dumps

Harmful landfills are emblems of environmental injustice across the US. Cleanse electrical power can remake them.

By Neel Dhanesha

The potential of the workplace is a lab

What is likely to materialize to the workplace space we no longer need to have?

By Rani Molla

CREDITS
Editors: Samantha Oltman, Adam Clark Estes, Libby Nelson, Izzie Ramirez, Brian Resnick, Bryan Walsh
Duplicate editors: Kim Eggleston, Elizabeth Crane, Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Tanya Pai
Art way: Dion Lee, Bita Honarvar
Viewers: Gabriela Fernandez, Shira Tarlo, Agnes Mazur, Mary Perkins
Manufacturing/venture editors: Susannah Locke, Nathan Hall