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Can Forests Be More Profitable Than Beef?

The residents of Maracaçumé, an impoverished town on the edge of the Amazon rainforest, are mystified by the company that recently bought the biggest ranch in the region.

Cool solution: how ice-cream saved drought-hit farmers in India

The parched villages of Gangapur in the desert state of Rajasthan have a new season in their calendar.

The Cheapest, Easiest, Most Ridiculously Effective Way to Eradicate Mosquitoes From Your Property

Now that warmer weather has arrived, mosquitos are beginning to show up as well. I’ve done battle against these detestable bloodsuckers for some years now.

The Anatomy Of A Tunnel Look

The substance of men’s style has shifted in recent years. This change can be seen in the attire of athletes, who these days are often spotted in pieces by designers such as Bottega Veneta and Yohji Yamamoto.

After a Boom in Cash Aid to Tackle Poverty, Some States Are Now Banning It

Four states so far have passed laws prohibiting the use of public money for no-strings cash aid. Advocates for basic income say the backlash is being fueled by a conservative think tank.

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Everything You Need to Know About Hybrid Cars

Have you heard? The hybrids are coming. As sales growth falters for electric vehicles, particularly in the United States, automakers have started to turn their gaze toward the EV’s less-charged-up cousins. Some may see hybrids as less sexy, or less worthy, than full-electric cars.

3 tricks to feel less anxious at work

Anxiety about work can feel all-consuming. When you’re really anxious about your job, you may think about it constantly but feel paralyzed when it comes to actually accomplishing tasks or improving how you feel.

7 Surprising Money ‘Rules’ Most People Don’t Know (But Should)

You’ve probably heard common financial advice like keeping a budget and trying not to spend more than you make. But other tips aren’t as well-known that can help you save a lot of money and create a financially healthy life.

Three takeaways about the current state of batteries

This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. Batteries are on my mind this week. (Aren’t they always?) But I’ve got two extra reasons to be thinking about them today.

How to Shut Up Your Gadgets at Night So You Can Sleep

Our trusted gadgets are in constant communication with us, ringing and buzzing whenever friends want to chat, when new shows arrive on Netflix, or when coworkers send crucial memes over Slack. These audible alerts may be useful during the day, but they're not welcome at night.

The 27 Best Decluttering Tips of All Time

Once the extra, unnecessary stuff is deleted, only the best is left.

How to Trace Your Ancestry Without Paying Too Much for It

Between shows like Finding Your Roots on PBS and the proliferation of companies like 23andMe, conversations about genealogy and family history have become mainstream—trendy, even.

The Children Who Remember Their Past Lives

A look into the surprisingly common phenomenon of children who seem to remember being someone else.

How a Scrappy Cryptominer Transformed Into the Multibillion-Dollar Backbone of the AI Boom

Brian Venturo and a couple of fellow hedge fund buddies bought their first GPUs as part of an elaborate joke.

How to Solve the Hardest Logic Puzzle Ever

A step-by-step guide to True, False, and Random.

Cancer Supertests Are Here

But are they really such a good idea? It takes a certain amount of confidence to call your biotech company Grail. According to its website, the Menlo Park–based firm got its name because its “co-founders believed a simple blood test could be the ‘holy GRAIL’ of cancer detection.

The wild rise of Zillow Gone Wild

He clicks on the real estate listing, which came from a follower. The geodesic domes that make up the $500,000 Melbourne, Fla., house do indeed resemble a bosom. But is that enough for Mezrahi to post the home on Zillow Gone Wild?

From toxic fungus to soy sauce superstar

Nearly 9,000 years ago, around the time that humans were first domesticating corn and pigs, some people in China were taming fungi. One such fungus, the mold Aspergillus oryzae, would go on to become a culinary superstar. Through fermentation of raw ingredients like soybeans or rice, A.

Pocket’s Top-Saved Stories of May 2024

Thirteen near-perfect sci-fi movies, what adults want to hear from their parents, and more.

These Dangerous Scammers Don’t Even Bother to Hide Their Crimes

Most scammers and cybercriminals operate in the digital shadows and don’t want you to know how they make money. But that’s not the case for the Yahoo Boys, a loose collective of young men in West Africa who are some of the web’s most prolific—and increasingly dangerous—scammers.