Quartz Staff

We fill our houses with the Internet of Things, but the technology leaves much to be desired.

Inside the promises and pitfalls of smart home technology.

The very technology they debuted made them lose their relevance.

World's Fairs provided a glimpse into new inventions and technologies from across the globe.

Starship, Microsoft, Tesla investors, Twitter Blue—it's been a week

Credit scores are built in the US through your interactions with the credit system such as a loan or mortgage

In a global economy that runs on debt, the credit score system works... until it doesn't

Mycelium leather could be the greenest solution to a big problem for the planet

Mycelium leather could prove a better solution than vegan alternatives to animal leather

The concept in his book “The Wealth of Nations” was more about free trade than free markets

Adam Smith, the legendary 18th century Scottish philosopher, coined the usage of this economics term

Patient data in the United States is mostly digitized but scattered across a myriad of different sites and apps

Epic, the maker of MyChart, is the keeper of health records for 200 million Americans

Inside the most impactful industry to launch into space over the past decade

Successful space companies are sending up satellites to help improve life on Earth

Inside the startups focused on developing technology to control and prevent fires

New funding has created a startup culture dedicated to curbing megafires

Inside the industry devoted to handling death in an ecologically sustainable way

From mushroom burials to coral reef memorials, there are ways to celebrate the dead without polluting nature

This new source of energy could revolutionize our approach to consumption and climate change

Breakthroughs in nuclear fusion could change the conversation around power sources

Not only is tree planting not that helpful in offsetting carbon emissions—it might even be counterproductive

The concerted effort to plant trees at scale didn't begin until the second half of the 20th century

From treating burnout to resisting oppressive systems, how can we achieve our aims without sacrificing too much?