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Everything we touch, taste, wear, drive, drink, and eat uses materials. PopTech’s Ecomaterials Innovation Lab offers 10 suggestions on how we can use as few materials in our daily lives as possible–and make the ones we have to use less toxic.

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Impact

When (not if) a global pandemic hits, we will not be ready

IBM just announced the 5 finalists in its competition to disrupt disaster aid

This ‘personal carbon sequestration’ device uses algae to remove CO2 from the air

Creativity

George Lucas has made more mistakes per hour than any other director

SNL fired Shane Gillis. Here’s what those defending him don’t seem to get

Lego rebuilds the world in first brand campaign in 30 years

Co.Design

This startup wants to rebrand acne care by highlighting zits, not hiding them

This data viz could help cities fight back against Trump’s war on immigrants

Exclusive: Ford’s radical new corporate campus is a glimpse into its future

Work Life

Honesty turned around a sour business partnership. Here’s how.

With the U.S. startup visa on hold, immigrant entrepreneurs get creative

This is why feminism needs to be the future