The U.S. electric grid loses roughly 5% of all electricity generated just moving it from power plants to homes and businesses. Multiply that inefficiency across aging infrastructure worldwide, and you start to see why clean energy generation alone won’t solve the climate crisis. These seven innovations are making smarter ways to store and deliver power….
Smoke doesn’t check borders. You learn that fast on a fireline, watching a fire run uphill in 40-mph winds. What most people don’t usually consider is that the same conditions driving that fire may also be creating dangerous wildfire conditions hundreds or even thousands of miles away at the same time. According to a recent…
Forests are vital for people everywhere. They cover about 4.14 billion hectares, roughly a third of the world’s land, and store 714 gigatons of carbon. They also support 80% of land-based biodiversity. However, we are losing 11 million hectares each year to deforestation, and the World Bank expects demand for forest-based products to rise by…
Target is no stranger to partnering on creative collaborations. From Rowing Blazers in 2023, Diane von Furstenberg in 2024, and Kate Spade as well as Woolrich in 2025, the reader-favorite retailer has teamed up with a range of designers and brands on limited-edition collections that almost always instantly sell out. And to get us into…
The circular economy grew 7.5% in the past year and now employs more than 2.2 million people globally, according to StartUs Insights’ 2025 Circular Economy Report. With the North American market projected to grow by 25.65% through 2031, investors are placing increasingly bold bets on startups that aim to close material loops across fashion, electronics,…
March opens like a dream you’re half-awake inside. Mars enters Pisces, and suddenly motivation doesn’t look like grinding harder, it looks like following a feeling, a nudge, a quiet “this way.” With Mercury retrograde and Venus finishing her time in Pisces, the pace of life may feel slow, foggy, or oddly emotional. Plans drift, conversations…
Spoilers ahead: There’s a moment in 56 Days when the show’s central con is revealed: Ciara (Dove Cameron) didn’t meet Oliver (Avan Jogia) by chance at the supermarket. She planned it. She’d been watching him, taking photos, keeping notes. She orchestrated the entire encounter to get close to a man she had reason to hate….
Hearing about your friends’ dating lives can be juicy and exciting, whether you’re a teenager in your first blush of romance or a grown woman reminding your group chat about what they deserve. It can also be heartbreaking, discouraging — and particularly if you’re a Latina who lives at several intersections of identity — terrifying. …
Cara Delevingne just told me I have “fantastic brows,” and I’m not okay. Well, that’s not entirely true: I’m genuinely overwhelmed with joy at the compliment, and not only because Cara Delevingne is my brow icon — brows are her ultimate beauty signature. (In my mind, this is akin to if Michaelangelo complimented me at a Paint & Sip.) The L’Oréal ambassador and multi-hyphenate has had a packed schedule as of late, including attending…
When it rains, water runs off your roof, driveway, and sidewalks, picking up fertilizers, oil, pesticides, and sediment before flowing into storm drains and eventually your local waterways. At the same time, treated drinking water is used inside your home to keep your lawn green with sprinklers. This cycle wastes valuable water in both directions….