• The Coolest Deal Term Ever: Sundial Pays It Forward

    The Coolest Deal Term Ever: Sundial Pays It Forward

    Just after Thanksgiving, Unilever announced its acquisition of Sundial Brands, a $240 million portfolio of personal care brands serving the growing new majority market. 


  • The Crops of the Future

    The Crops of the Future

    Scientists and plant breeders around the globe are developing new crop varieties that can withstand more extreme climates.


  • The Data Is In: Green Buildings Financially Outperform Rivals

    The Data Is In: Green Buildings Financially Outperform Rivals

    In partnership with its clients, Bentall Kennedy brought on board top global academics, sharing a 10-year data pool of nearly 300 office buildings, including 58 million square feet of properties across North America. The study determined that green certifications bring direct benefits—higher rent and occupancy—as well as indirect benefits such as higher lease renewal rates…


  • The Day the Economy (Almost) Died

    The Day the Economy (Almost) Died

    Adam Davidson writes about the crash of 2008, arguing that, the gravest moment for the U.S. economy wasn’t the loud crash of Lehman Brothers but a more obscure event: the near-freeze of the commercial-paper market.


  • The Dire Warnings of the United Nations’ Latest Climate-Change Report

    The Dire Warnings of the United Nations’ Latest Climate-Change Report

    Carolyn Kormann on a new report from the I.P.C.C., which states that global climate change will have catastrophic consequences once the planet surpasses 1.5 degrees of warming, which could happen in just a few years.


  • The Family Guide to a Mostly Screen-Free Summer

    The Family Guide to a Mostly Screen-Free Summer

    Concerned about screen-time taking over your free-time? Download our simple, step-by-step, sanity-saving guide and reclaim summer for your family. Unplug, recharge and connect with more of what matters.


  • The Future of Wind Turbines? No Blades

    The Future of Wind Turbines? No Blades

    The Vortex, a radical new way to generate wind energy, is a bladeless wind turbine that looks like a giant rolled joint shooting into the sky.


  • The Genre of Post-Genre

    The Genre of Post-Genre

    William Brittelle has drawn from classical music, punk rock, and electronica to produce music that is at once free-ranging and a thrill to experience.


  • The Hopeful Work of Turning Appalachia’s Mountaintop Coal Mines Into Farms

    The Hopeful Work of Turning Appalachia’s Mountaintop Coal Mines Into Farms

    In the post-coal economy, life-skills training helps employ people and restore the savaged land.


  • The Human Cost of McDonald’s French Fries

    The Human Cost of McDonald’s French Fries

    Potato fields cover the landscape in central and northern Minnesota, stretching for miles in all directions.