Low Pay, Long Hours, Rude Customers. Retail Workers Have Had It
Retail work has always been hard – long hours and weekend shifts on your feet, a lower pay scale and dealing with disgruntled customers. But in our post-pandemic economy, those issues have only been a...
14 Sep 202325min
Carbon Capture’s Make Or Break Moment
Since the 1970s, carbon capture and storage (CSS) has been held up as one potential tool to help combat global warming. The idea is to capture carbon dioxide released in the production of fossil fuels...
13 Sep 202326min
‘Made In Mexico’ Is The New ‘Made In China’
For decades, companies looking to lower costs have resorted to offshoring—moving their manufacturing to China and other nations in Asia. But US-China tensions and a desire to simplify long, complex su...
12 Sep 202327min
Companies Are Pressing Return-To-Office. Workers Want To Stay Remote.
By now, most people across the globe have returned to pre-pandemic routines like traveling and going to the movies. But when it comes to where they work, many remote employees want to leave their offi...
11 Sep 202322min
A Street Drug From Syria Is Alarming The US And Europe
A cheap, illegal amphetamine called captagon is raising alarm around the globe after circulating for years in the Middle East. The US and its allies say much of the world’s supply of captagon is made ...
8 Sep 202328min
Abandoned Electric Cars ‘As Far As The Eye Can See’
Growing sales of electric vehicles around the world have also come with growing pains. In China, outdated models no one wants pile up in vast EV graveyards. In Norway, tax breaks for electric car buye...
7 Sep 202326min
Want To Leave Apple For Android? Good Luck
The Apple “ecosystem” has tremendous appeal – sleek design, genius marketing and a myriad of products and services that are seamlessly compatible. This makes users feel at ease within its closed circu...
6 Sep 202327min
The Women Astronauts Who Shattered The Highest Glass Ceiling
In 1978, NASA opened its astronaut training program to women. Bloomberg space reporter Loren Grush recounts their challenges and achievements in her new book The Six: The Untold Story of America’s Fir...
5 Sep 202327min
