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Covid Forced America to Make More Stuff. What Happens Now?
Growing up in Duluth, Minnesota, in the 1990s, Lloyd Armbrust always figured he’d work at a factory. His father managed…
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Serve Food in Far-Away Restaurants—Right From Your Couch
David Tejeda helps deliver food and drinks to tables at a small restaurant in Dallas. And another in Sonoma County,…
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What Will It Take to Get a Cargo Ship Unstuck From the Suez?
Every day, some 50 ships pass through the Suez Canal, the waterway slashed between the Mediteranean and the Red Sea.…
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Where Are Those Shoes You Ordered? Check the Ocean Floor
Since the end of November, this is some of what has sunk to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean: vacuum…
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As Robots Fill the Workplace, They Must Learn to Get Along
So many robots work at Changi General Hospital in Singapore that until recently it wasn’t uncommon to find two delivery…
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Why Instacart Is Laying Off Workers As Deliveries Soar
Noelle Marian started working for Instacart in May 2019. She’s an in-store shopper, one of fewer than 10,000 part-time Instacart…
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How Restaurants Retooled for Takeout—and Survival
The owners’ resistance to takeout is almost forgotten. “If we want the business to survive, we had to change the…
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Airlines’ Pandemic-Driven Cargo Business Will Keep Flying
Airlines have also consolidated routes and eliminated thousands of flights that duplicated the more popular ones several times a day.…
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