Lara Sorokanich

‘We may have to rethink the toilet seat altogether’: How the coronavirus could change bathrooms for the better

“U.S. businesses don’t seem to understand like European businesses that having clean, safe, nice bathrooms is better for their bottom line.”

This pea-size device helps fix holes in babies’ hearts

How a nature documentary inspired a cutting-edge design that shrinks massive warehouses into the space of an office building

Attabotics uses robots to fetch products quicker, and in smaller spaces.

McDonald’s, KFC, Dunkin’, Subway: Why Beyond Meat is suddenly everywhere

In 2019, it introduced beef crumbles, sausage, and shockingly delicious fake chicken for KFC

Wattpad uses AI to create a custom reading list for all your strange literary desires, from gay wizards to BTS fanfic

The digital publishing platform is a haven for unrepresented tastes and voices. Now it’s making movies, TV shows, and print books.

Editor’s pick: This old-school weekly planner runs my life

How to get organized in 2020: Ditch the phone and get yourself a paper planner.

By 2023, the secondhand clothes market will double to $51 billion. Here’s why

How Poshmark, Depop, and the RealReal are making your closet more eco-friendly

Producer Will Packer says Georgia’s controversial abortion law won’t drive him out of Atlanta

Stacey Abrams told Packer: “If Hollywood pulls out of Georgia, this governor will use that as an empowerment thing amongst the base.”

This is how Meek Mill plans to change the criminal justice system

“People like me get to grow up and fail and learn,” Kynetic CEO Michael Rubin explained. “People who grow up like Meek Mill should get that opportunity, too.”

Good-paying jobs are good for business—and this MIT professor has the receipts

Zeynep Ton believes good jobs start with meeting a worker’s physical needs and then move to making them more meaningful and fulfilling.

Sara Nelson is the face of the militant modern labor movement

The international president of the Association of Flight Attendants is devoted to worker dignity—and willing to strike to get it.

6 ways Big Tech is tricking you: A guide to recognizing Dark Patterns

The Detour Act, which is cosponsored by Senator Mark Warner and has bipartisan support, would make these practices illegal.

How the founder of DuckDuckGo created the ultimate privacy-oriented search engine

Meet the woman raising cannabis to a higher medical standard

Why Christine McConnell’s morbidly funny desserts are delighting fans on multiple platforms

How The Met’s new music director is reintroducing opera to New York and beyond

Porsche recently acquired 10% of his electric hypercar company. Meet 31-year-old Mate Rimac

This year, Google Street View cars will start carrying her air-pollution-monitoring technology

This cold-storage company that works with Walmart and McDonald’s cut its energy consumption 34% and saves millions of dollars a year