Rose Pastore

1 month ago | gizmodo.com | Oscar Collins |Rose Pastore

President Trump’s sweeping tariff changes have stirred up considerable economic uncertainty and confusion. Higher import duties will affect at least some products in virtually every industry, but some sectors face steeper consequences than others. Automakers, in particular, could struggle as regulators crack down on imported cars and parts, with the notable exception of Tesla, the electric car company led by close Trump confidant and DOGE master Elon Musk.

1 month ago | gizmodo.com | Ayurella Horn-Muller |Rose Pastore

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Throughout the Yangtze River Delta, a region in southern China famed for its widespread rice production, farmers grow belts of slender green stalks. Before they reach several feet tall and turn golden brown, the grassy plants soak in muddy, waterlogged fields for months. Along the rows of submerged plants, levees store and distribute a steady supply of water that farmers source from nearby canals.

Mar 2, 2025 | gizmodo.com | Zoya Teirstein |Rose Pastore

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Two white men in their 60s live hundreds of miles away from each other, one in Arizona and the other in Washington state. They are the same age and have identical socioeconomic backgrounds. They also have similar habits and are in roughly the same physical shape. But the man in Arizona is aging more quickly than the man in Washington — 14 months faster, to be exact. Neither man smokes or drinks.

Feb 23, 2025 | gizmodo.com | Ayurella Horn-Muller |Rose Pastore

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Just four West African countries are the foundation of an industry worth more than $100 billion. In the tropical nations of CĂ´te d’Ivoire, Ghana, Cameroon, and Nigeria, rows of cacao trees sprout pods bearing dozens of seeds. Once harvested, these humble beans are dried, roasted, and processed into something beloved worldwide.

Feb 10, 2025 | gizmodo.com | Allison Stanger |Rose Pastore

Elon Musk’s role as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency, also known as DOGE, is on the surface a dramatic effort to overhaul the inefficiencies of federal bureaucracy. But beneath the rhetoric of cost-cutting and regulatory streamlining lies a troubling scenario.