The Green Economy Is Hungry for Copper—and People Are Stealing, Fighting, and Dying to Feed It

The Green Economy Is Hungry for Copper—and People Are Stealing, Fighting, and Dying to Feed It

Moqadi Mokoena had been feeling uneasy all day. When he’d left his home on the outskirts of Johannesburg, South Africa, for his job as a security guard, he’d had to turn around twice, having forgotten first his watch and then his cigarettes. He had reason to be nervous. His supervisor had assigned him to join … Read more

How to Get Rich From Peeping Inside People’s Fridges

How to Get Rich From Peeping Inside People’s Fridges

“People make fun of me about the fridges,” said Tassos Stassopoulos. “I am fridge-obsessed.” As the founder and managing partner of Trinetra, a London-based investment firm, Stassopoulos has pioneered an unusual strategy: peeking inside refrigerators in homes around the world in order to predict the future—and monetize those insights. By the time of his refrigeration … Read more

They Experimented on Themselves in Secret. What They Discovered Helped Win a War

They Experimented on Themselves in Secret. What They Discovered Helped Win a War

The Allied soldiers who weren’t killed limped back from the defeat. It was clear now, they needed to be able to creep up to the beaches days before a raid to get up-to-date information. They needed to know where the Nazis had tunneled into the land, placed explosives, or built machine gun nests. None of … Read more