These 15 companies are innovating in climate tech
Science & Technology

These 15 companies are innovating in climate tech

Technology tamfitronics Our goal is to spotlight businesses we believe could help make a dent in climate change. This year’s list includes companies from a wide range of industries, headquartered on five continents. If you haven’t checked it out yet, I highly recommend giving it a look. Each company has a profile in which we’ve outlined why it made the list, what sort of impact the business might have, and what challenges it’s likely to face. In the meantime, I wanted to share a few reflections on this year’s list as a whole. Because this slate of companies exemplifies a few key themes that I see a lot in my reporting on climate technology. 1. Addressing climate change requires building a lot of stuff, on a massive scale, and fast. A...
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Avoid These Common Design Mistakes
Lifestyle

Avoid These Common Design Mistakes

Lifestyle Lifestyle Creating a well-designed home is no easy feat, especially when trying to balance personal tastes with practicality. To help you fashion a beautiful and functional space, here’s a closer look at four design missteps to avoid and tips for what to do instead. Overlooking sizeThough you may want a spacious couch for your living room or a large table for your dining room, its scale and proportion may not work for your space and instead overwhelm it.Solution: Take careful measurements of the room so you can better understand what you’re...
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These 5 tips will help you work from anywhere
Lifestyle

These 5 tips will help you work from anywhere

Lifestyle AD CONTENT And try Shift's browser to tidy up your workflow as you clock in on the go.ByMashable BrandX and Shift  on September 13, 2024Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on FlipboardThe following content is brought to you by Mashable partners. If you buy a product featured here, we may earn an affiliate commission or other compensation.Credit: ShiftWhether you’re a seasoned digital nomad with a favorite internet café in every corner of the globe or you’re planning your first trip, working while roaming the world is awesome — and tricky. While your next flight, train, or bus will be late more often than not, your work always has to arrive in your boss’s inbox on time.Being a successful digital nomad is hard work, and if you want to make enough money to keep traveling,...
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These 17 cancers are on the rise in younger generations
Lifestyle

These 17 cancers are on the rise in younger generations

Lifestyle Several cancers may be affecting millennials and Gen-X more than they did baby boomers, according to a new study based out of the U.S.The study, published in The Lancet this month, found that 17 of the 34 most common cancers diagnosed between the ages of 25 to 84 are on the rise in younger people. More than half of the cancers are linked to obesity, consistent with the rise in childhood obesity among recent generations. Without proper intervention, the study's authors warned that the burden of cancer as younger generations age could not only impact those diagnosed, but also caregivers and society as a whole.The rise in cancer rates was particularly evident in millennials born around 1990. The number of new cancers of the small intestine, kidney and pancreas was two to three...
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