Bitcoin briefly dipped below the $70,000 level, as stocks sank and energy prices surged following renewed attacks on energy infrastructure in the Middle East. 

This story is a partnership between Grist and WBEZ, a public radio station serving the Chicago metropolitan region. There are no wind turbines on the Great Lakes — and it isn’t for lack of wind.  This titanic network of interconnected freshwater lakes with a surface area larger than New England, New York, and New Jersey combined is theoretically ideal...

Last October, a coworker and I, who both live near the Anaheim Packing House, had to be in Irvine at 8:30 a.m. for training. Gratefully, I made it on time. My coworker wasn’t so lucky. We’ve all been there, the freeway at a standstill as the minutes of our lives tick by: late for class,...