Each week, BIV staff will share with you some of the interesting stories we have found from around the web
Timothy Renshaw, managing editor:
Encouraging news in the global carbon-removal business featuring one of the most valuable U.S. startups that has yet to go public. – The Atlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2020/11/stripe-climate-carbon-removal/617201/?
Also encouraging news in the Alzheimer's/dementia reduction business featuring a dimethyltryptamine-spiked Amazonian tea. – Ladders
Mark Falkenberg, deputy managing editor:
As Canada prepares to distribute foreign-made COVID-19 vaccines, observers reflect on the demise of this country’s once-robust vaccine-production capabilities – and suggest setting up a new Crown corporation as a possible remedy. – CTV
A Chicago “starchitect” has revamped a previously rejected design for a glass skyscraper that would be wedged into a space next to the landmark Waterfront Station on Cordova. The result, which somewhat resembles a novelty condom and is even more egregiously jarring than the earlier version, belongs to what Bill Bryson would call the “[Expletive] You” school of architecture. It fetches some eloquent brickbats from Vancouver urban designer Patrick Condon. – The Tyee
https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2020/11/25/Skyscraper-Idea-Still-Not-Cool/
