Monthly Archives: October 2022

Grubhub and Gopuff team up for grocery and alcohol delivery

Grubhub and Gopuff are partnering to provide fast delivery of grocery items, alcohol and essential items. The new partnership will see the Chicago-based food delivery platform tap into Gopuff’s warehouses to deliver a wider selection of convenience items to its customers, while also opening up a new channel for Gopuff to reach more customers.  The…

7 investors discuss how agtech can solve agriculture’s biggest problems

Climate change and geopolitical instability are wreaking havoc on agriculture. To gauge how VCs are responding to these issues, we spoke with 7 investors. For starters, rising greenhouse gas emissions are driving punishing droughts and storms, which are harming crops, exacerbating food insecurity, and threatening countless livelihoods. At the same time, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine…

‘Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical’ review: How Netflix’s West End adaptation compares to the beloved 1996 movie

Tim Minchin’s smash hit Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical has grown up — or rather, grown into a movie musical of the same name, featuring revolting children, a certain forbidden chocolate cake, and fiction’s most formidable headmaster. Describing the new movie musical is almost as wordy as Minchin’s spectacularly smart lyrics. Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical is…

Working like bees, 3D-printing drones could change the future of construction

A team of researchers at Imperial College London and Empa have been developing collaborative aerial drones. Inspired by the work of bees, the scientists are training the robots to construct 3D printed buildings from a single blueprint. To ensure maximum accuracy, the cooperative drones would complete their own tasks and then supervise the work of…

Hurricane Ian hit southwest Florida just as the state put historic amounts of money into climate resilience. Now officials have to move faster.

Hurricane Ian flooded neighborhoods like this one in Fort Myers, Florida. Photo by Ricardo Arduengo/AFP via Getty Images Climate preparedness was in its early stages in southwest Florida, where Ian caused the most damage. Millions in government funding have been earmarked for coastal-restoration projects.  The state should rapidly build up its natural climate defenses, environmentalists…