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  • How a #Litterati army on Instagram sparked a global fight against litter

    What started as a small group of people taking pictures of waste in their communities and tagging it on Instagram with the hashtag #Litterati, turned into a global effort, and even an app, to map and dispose of trash. Users can upload to the app an image of trash and machine-learning algorithm can tag it location, material, and company who made it. The city of San Francisco asked the makers of the app for help documenting cigarette butts and tobacco products on its streets and ended up winning a legal victory over the tobacco industry to increase the taxes on their products.

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  • This chart of the 1918 Spanish flu shows why social distancing works Audio icon

    As coronavirus continues to spread around the world, social distancing is being implemented due to its proven success with helping to drastically slow the spread of the Spanish flu in St. Louis Missouri. In a comparison of St. Louis and Philadelphia – a city that did not institute social distancing practices – limiting the time in public spaces helped to keep per capita flu-related deaths in St. Louis "to less than half of those in Philadelphia."

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  • Virtual power plants are now powering electrical grids without fuel

    Batteries have begun replacing power plants. Instead of fueling up a plant when electricity demand peaks, networked batteries can kick in and deliver stored energy, reducing emissions and saving money. The technology is increasingly affordable and reliable.

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  • The American Midwest is quickly becoming a blue-collar version of Silicon Valley

    People often expect there to be less technological development in Midwestern cities, many of which have not transitioned from their industrial glory days to a new era of jobs. However, thanks to training programs across the region from Kentucky to Ohio, mid-tech jobs are growing dramatically. The rise in mid-tech jobs, in which a significant amount of employees do not have a college degree, are helping funnel investment capital into the region as well.

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