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Feel that concern that you might not have enough? Name it—and put it to work for you. In recent years, scarcity has become a common phenomenon. The pandemic had people in a panic over getting everything from toilet paper to patio heaters, causing some to pay exorbitant prices or tolerate long waiting periods for mundane items.

On a sunny Wednesday morning, a loud horn sounds before a large crane hoists a 25-ton box skyward in Denver’s Sun Valley neighborhood. It then swings it into position and as gently as possible, places it on the third floor of what will soon be a six-story apartment building. The box has windows, insulation, painted drywall, flooring, plumbing and electrical wiring, almost everything needed.

Current advances in AI technologies are marking a new era for intimate romantic and sexual relationships. Over the past decade, virtual assistants powered by artificial intelligence, like Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa, have become integral to technologies such as smartphones and social media.

This year, TIME launched its inaugural list of the America’s Best Midsize Companies, in partnership with Statista, a leading international provider of market and consumer data and rankings. The result: 500 top-performing, midsize companies that are leading the way for American business. Here’s how the winners were selected. Methodology The research project “America’s Best Midsize Companies 2024” is a comprehensive analysis conducted to identify the top performing companies in the United States.

Enlarge / Bioreactors that host algae would be one option for carbon sequestration—as long as the carbon is stored somehow. (credit: Getty Images) More than 200 kilometers off Norway’s coast in the North Sea sits the world’s first offshore carbon capture and storage project. Built in 1996, the Sleipner project strips carbon dioxide from natural gas—largely made up of methane—to make it marketable.

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is awarding nearly $2 billion in grants to help restart or expand electric vehicle manufacturing and assembly sites in eight states, including the presidential battlegrounds of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Georgia. The Energy Department will issue grants totaling $1.7 billion to create or retain thousands of union jobs and support auto-based communities that have long driven the U.