Gasoline Starts Its Long, Slow Ride Down
Even though Americans are driving more than ever before, they’re using less fuel to do it. Gasoline demand in the US hasn’t bounced back to pre-Covid levels, and for all kinds of reasons, it likely ne...
23 Jan 202328min
Why Is Your Rent So High?
The price of everything is going up, but few things have risen as fast as rent. The rule of thumb used to be that housing shouldn’t eat up more than a third of your paycheck. But these days, a lot of ...
20 Jan 202326min
Get Ready For Lab-Grown Meat
Companies around the world are competing to produce what’s often called lab-grown meat. It begins with the cells of cows, chickens, fish, or whatever protein you’re trying to recreate–and like the nam...
19 Jan 202324min
How Cocaine Hitches A Ride on The Global Fruit Supply Chain
In December, we told the wild story of drug smugglers who hide tons of cocaine aboard huge container ships bound for Europe from South America. Today, we pick up the saga from there. What happens to a...
18 Jan 202331min
Russia and Iran Team Up Against The West
Tough economic sanctions the US and European Union imposed on Russia and Iran have succeeded in cutting off those nations from much of the world economy. But they’ve also had an unintended effect: Mos...
17 Jan 202328min
Team Favorite: Clash of the Streaming Titans
Remember when everyone loved to complain how there were 150 channels on TV and nothing good to watch? It’s pretty hard to say that now. There are so many good shows being made. Our new complaint: how ...
16 Jan 202329min
How We’re (Not) Preparing For the Next Pandemic
Covid-19 isn’t quite done with us yet, but virologists are urging governments around the world to start preparing for the next pandemic. They warn it’s just a matter of time before it happens, and wit...
13 Jan 202336min
Clean Up Your Water And We’ll Lower Your Debt
There’s a new way for some countries struggling under piles of debt to get relief: by agreeing to spend part of the difference on the environment. The Nature Conservancy, the US-based environmental gr...
12 Jan 202322min
