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These are the best ways to measure your body fat

I, on the other hand, have never been all that muscular. I like to think I’m a healthy weight—but nurses in the past have advised me, on the basis of my BMI,... Read more »

Roundtables: Producing Climate-Friendly Food

Speakers: James Temple, Sr Editor for Energy, Casey Crownhart, Sr Reporter for Climate, Karsten Temme, Chief Innovation Officer & Co-founder of Pivot Bio, and Matt Callahan, Co-founder and Counsel of Rumin8. Planet-warming... Read more »

Observers warn the US must do more to boost demand for carbon removal 

As Heatmap previously reported, Heirloom has pre-sold a “substantial” portion of the capacity for the two projects it is now planning in the state to customers including JPMorgan Chase, Klarna, Meta, Microsoft,... Read more »

Experts warn the US must do more to boost demand for carbon removal 

As Heatmap previously reported, Heirloom has pre-sold a “substantial” portion of the capacity for the two projects it is now planning in the state to customers including JPMorgan Chase, Klarna, Meta, Microsoft,... Read more »

The Download: herbicide-resistant weeds, and an octopus-inspired adhesive

“It has been a catastrophic year.” —Brian McNoldy, a senior research scientist at the University of Miami who specializes in tropical cyclone research, offers a frank assessment of 2024’s hurricane season to... Read more »

Everything comes back to climate tech. Here’s what to watch for next.

I’m watching to see how creative the industry can get with squeezing everything it can out of existing assets. But I’m especially interested to see whether new technologies keep making progress on... Read more »

This octopus-inspired adhesive can stick to just about anything

Researchers at Virginia Tech set out to re-create this behavior in the lab by pairing a curved rubber stalk with a silicone-based adhesive membrane controlled by increasing or decreasing the pressure of... Read more »

The weeds are winning

As we drive east from the campus in Champaign-Urbana, the twin cities where I grew up, we spot a soybean field overgrown with dark-green, spiky plants that rise to chest height.  “So... Read more »

Productivity Electrified: Tech That Is Supercharging Business

This sponsored session was presented by Ford Pro at MIT Technology Review’s 2024 EmTech MIT event. A decarbonized transportation system is a necessary pre-requisite for a sustainable economy. In the transportation industry,... Read more »

Preventing Climate Change: A Team Sport

Read more from MIT Technology Review Insights & MEDC about addressing climate change impacts About the speaker Hilary Doe, Chief Growth & Marketing Officer, Michigan Economic Development Corporation As Chief Growth &... Read more »