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Sweden is Building the World's Largest City Made Entirely From Timber
 Stockholm Wood City is swapping polluting steel and concrete for a more climate-friendly construction material: timber.
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Editor's Note: The company's core goal is to improve the sustainability of construction projects. Building with wood instead of concrete and steel in 80% of new buildings would, according to a 2020 study by Aalto University and the Finnish Environment Institute, help offset half of Europe's construction industry emissions. Atrium Ljungberg is also championing the idea that spending time in buildings made with natural materials can help improve our wellbeing.
WorkWhat would a world with AGI look like? AI CEOs are extremely fond of making statements like this. And because they make these statements we are forced to take them at face value, and then try to figure out what the implications are. WorkHow Did This Soldier 'Grow' an Ear on Her Forearm? Army Pvt. Shamika Burrage's left ear is unlike other ears, though you might not realize it at first. Like her right ear, it is made from Burrage's own cells, and connected to her head by her own blood vessels. She can hear perfectly well out of it, and feel perfectly well when you touch it.
WorkCiti deploys AI coding tools to 30K developers in modernization push This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Citigroup armed 30,000 developers with generative AI coding tools as part of an ongoing modernization push, CEO Jane Fraser said, speaking during the bank's Q4 2024 earnings call Wednesday. The bank spent $11. Work
WorkIt's Not Just Red Dye No. 3. It's All Our Stuff. Last week, the Food and Drug Administration banned Red Dye No. 3—a coloring found lurking in everything from pastries to pills. Regulators banned it on the grounds that several studies have shown a worrying tendency for the dye to cause thyroid cancer in animals. Since 1990, it has been prohibited for use in cosmetics, but it has somehow persisted in food and medicine. Work
WorkWorkWinter weather warnings for nine states as snow lashes US Residents across the affected regions are advised to avoid unnecessary travel and to use extreme caution if travel is unavoidable. It's recommended to keep winter emergency kits in vehicles, which should include flashlights, food and blankets. Additionally, individuals should check local forecasts and road conditions before heading out to stay informed and ensure their safety.
WorkHow we measure poverty matters and we can do better Fearless journalism is more important than ever. When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we cant do it on our own. WorkExclusive Q&A With Mongolias PM It was almost three decades ago that French miners decamped to the southern Gobi Desert in search of hidden riches. By 2006, they found what they were looking for: rich deposits of uranium lurking beneath the windswept sand dunes and rusting oil pumps. A series of pilot projects and environmental and economic assessments followed.
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WorkWork WorkWorkWhy Does Trump Love Tariffs? To understand Trump's economic vision, you need to know two key players: Robert Lighthizer and Jamieson Greer. Lighthizer, Trump's trade czar in his first term, championed the tariff-heavy trade strategy. This time, Greer steps into his mentor's shoes as the U.S. Trade Representative. WorkThe Washington lawyers who suddenly love Trump - WSJ (No paywall) Elite law firms in Washington are giddy about Donald Trumps re-election. Since November many of them have been presenting an optimistic case about how they can help businesses navigate the complex regulatory and policy environment to come. As the Republican Party has taken a more populist turn, they contend that Republican government is no longer good for business." Who better to manage looming policy controversies, the thinking goes, than the steady world of white-shoe law firms? WorkTrump gives TikTok an illegal amnesty - WSJ (No paywall) President Trump took the oath of office Monday promising to faithfully execute the duties of his office, which include implementing the laws passed by Congress. Yet in one of his first acts as President, Mr. Trump effectively suspended a law requiring TikTok to divest from its Chinese owner ByteDance by Jan. 19. WorkWorkTrump pardons Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht US President Donald Trump says he has signed a full and unconditional pardon for Ross Ulbricht, who operated Silk Road, the deep web marketplace where illegal drugs were sold. Ulbricht was convicted in 2015 in New York in a narcotics and money laundering conspiracy and sentenced to life in prison. WorkWorkTrump's embrace of meme coin sours mood in crypto industry President Donald Trump's goodwill in the cryptocurrency industry has taken a hit after he and his wife launched meme coins -- a move critics say looks like an unseemly cash grab that undermines an effort to legitimize digital assets. WorkWorkWorkLet's see if having German newspapers calling him a Nazi helps.While Elon Musk is making suspiciously fascist hand gestures at Trump rallies, the value of his company's brand is dropping. Tesla sunk 26 percent in 2024 compared to the previous year, according to an annual ranking of top brands by London-based Brand Finance. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkModeling complex behavior with a simple organism The roundworm C. elegans is a simple animal whose nervous system has exactly 302 neurons. Each of the connections between those neurons has been comprehensively mapped, allowing researchers to study how they work together to generate the animal's different behaviors. WorkAre You Being a Nice Jerk? Let me ask you some questions to get this discussion started. In the past week or two at work, did you see anyone: These are the kinds of behaviors assessed on Stanford professor Robert Sutton's Asshole Rating Self-Exam and Ohio State professor Ben Tepper's "abusive supervision" scale. WorkWorkResearch: Incivility at Work Silences Everyone, But Especially Women - Harvard Business Review (No paywall) Incivility at work isn?t good for anyone. But while both men and women are less likely to speak up in uncivil environments, women are more likely to withhold their ideas due to concerns about gender backlash. In two studies involving over 3,000 participants, researchers found that while women voiced ideas as much as men in civil groups, they were more likely to withhold contributions in uncivil groups. Addressing incivility at an organizational level is crucial for fostering a more inclusive and innovative workplace, as creating respectful environments encourages diverse perspectives that lead to greater inclusion and innovation. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkPeople Today Carry DNA from Neandertals. Heres How It May Affect Our Brain and Behavior - Scientific American (No paywall) When Neandertals were first discovered nearly 170 years ago, the conceptual gap between their lineage and thatof modern humans seemed vast. Initially scientists prejudicially believed that the Neandertals were primitive brutes hardly more intelligent than apes and that their lack of advanced thinking had doomed them to extinction. Since that time, researchers have amassed evidence that they shared many of the cognitive abilities once considered unique to our species, Homo sapiens. They made complex tools, produced staples such as flour, treated their ailments with plant-based medicines, used symbols to communicate and engaged in ritual treatment of their dead. WorkWorkWorkU.S. Orders Federal D.E.I. Efforts to Shut Down by Wednesday Night The order on Tuesday said that D.E.I. policies “undermine our national unity, as they deny, discredit, and undermine the traditional American values of hard work, excellence, and individual achievement in favor of an unlawful, corrosive, and pernicious identity-based spoils system.” WorkChange to Birthright Citizenship Would Affect Visa Holders, Too Many of the president’s closest advisers, including Stephen Miller, his deputy chief of staff and the architect of his immigration policy, have urged a tough line on birthright citizenship. During Mr. Trump’s first term, Mr. Miller and other aides pushed to make sure that immigrants could no longer establish what they call an “anchor” in the United States by having a baby who automatically becomes an American citizen. WorkWorkUS tech giants announce AI plan worth up to 500bn In one of his final acts in the White House, former President Joe Biden put forward rules that would restrict exports of AI-related chips to dozens of countries around the world, saying the move would help the US control the industry. Work TradeBriefs Publications are read by over 100,000 Industry Executives About Us | Advertise | Privacy PolicyUnsubscribe (one-click) You are receiving this mail because of your subscription with TradeBriefs.
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