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The Download: Questions over a clean fuel startup, and Chinese lockdown censorship

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world

Last summer, investors gathered in the parking lot of a converted warehouse in Santa Cruz, California. Rob McGinnis, the founder

A startup using genetically engineered microbes, light, and carbon dioxide in an attempt to make an alternative to petroleum-based products

If, in 2017, you had taken a gamble and purchased a comparatively new digital currency called Bitcoin, today you would

The venture capital firm Lowercarbon Capital has raised a $350 million fund dedicated to carbon removal startups, in another sign

A new type of battery made from electrically conductive polymers—basically plastic—could help make energy storage on the grid cheaper and

In many areas of the world, environmental conditions are not conducive to traditional farming. Ensuring food security depends on continuous

A bleak new report from the UN’s climate panel underscores the price the world is paying for the long delays

The droughts that swept across the western US in 2021 sparked wildfires and damaged crops. But the historic lack of

In today's interconnected world, learning a second language has become more important than ever. It is not only a valuable