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According to new reports from the FBI and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the United States is seeing hugely positive trend lines continue—falling crime and job growth. CRIME For their final annual report covering over 94% of the country’s population, the FBI announced this week that violent crime declined across the…

In Richmond, a company has opened the world’s first indoor strawberry farm. Plenty Unlimited Inc. says their AI-based system makes it possible to grow produce with peak-season flavor, year-round, almost anywhere in the world. AI analyses more than 10 million data points each day across 12 grow rooms, adapting each grow…

In a rather unique story from Reuters, the Spanish olive oil market is profiled for what it can do to power Spain’s homes, not just its economy and kitchens. Accounting for half the production of olive oil in the EU, growers are now getting to sell olive pits as a valuable…

Researchers at the Berkeley National Labs have determined that oil, coal, and gas power plants still have a major role to play in America’s energy economy—as electrical sockets. There are years of red tape needed for renewable energy projects to connect fully with the grid, but because coal and gas plants…

Reprinted with permission from World At Large, a news website of nature, politics, science, health, and travel. Early Thursday morning at 7:58 a.m. ET, members of the SpaceX Polaris Dawn crew successfully completed the world’s first all-civilian spacewalk 450 miles above Earth’s surface. Tech entrepreneur and adventurer Jared Isaacman was followed by…

When a three-day music festival was called off and the organizers declined to offer a refund to pass holders, a totally different festival decided to welcome them all for free. Now in its 12th year, the Lucidity Festival was set to kick off in Santa Barbara, California this September. But citing…

In Los Angeles County, a new, low-emissions commuter train is helping combat local and global smog by powering itself with hydrogen fuel cells. Liquid or gaseous hydrogen is considered the best green alternative to the heavy fuels that power society’s largest machines, and this ZEMU train is just a few months…