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More than perhaps any other material, cement is the glue that holds the globalized world together—especially our cities. But producing it requires huge amounts of fossil fuels, and the industry ...

CNBC Select will update as changes are made public. Brick-and-mortar banks provide you with something that online banks cannot: in-person access and face-to-face customer service. Your first-ever ...

The Kawah Ijen, on Indonesia's Java island, recently made news for its breathtaking electric blue flames that portray this majestic natural wonder. A likely misunderstanding of the display as blue ...

Two things stand out about the Xiaomi Mix Flip — the brand’s first compact folding flip phone — and both make it really interesting. The first is a cover screen that I actually feel ...

The new novel, “Colored Television” uses fiction and satire to spotlight sensitive and often difficult realities in American life. Jeffrey Brown discussed that with author Danzy Senna for our ...

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