2019

All movements start with rebellion, and the craft beer revolution is no different. Born from the frustration of mass-produced beer made from cheap ingredients, entrepreneurs went head-to-head with global brewery giants to showcase local…

The Salary Needed to Buy a Home in 50 U.S. Metro Areas Over the last year, home prices have risen in 49 of the biggest 50 metro areas in the United States. At the same time, mortgage rates have hit seven-year…

Map: The Countries With the Most Oil Reserves There’s little doubt that renewable energy sources will play a strategic role in powering the global economy of the future. But for now, crude oil is still the…

A future powered by renewables is not in the distant horizon, but rather in its early hours. This new dawn comes from a global awareness of the environmental impacts of the current energy mix, which relies heavily on fossil fuels and…

Animation: U.S. Electric Vehicle Sales (2010-19) Email It’s challenging to get ahead, but it’s even harder to stay ahead. For companies looking to create a sustainable competitive advantage in a fast-moving,…

Fossil fuels exist as a double-edged sword for most countries. On one hand, they still make up a dominant piece of the current energy mix, and oil is still seen as a crucial resource for achieving geopolitical significance. It’s also no…

Visualizing U.S. Energy Use in One Giant Chart If you feel like you’ve seen this diagram before, you probably have. Every year, it’s assembled by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a research center…

Visualizing the Commodity Super Cycle Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the world has seen its population and the need for natural resources boom. As more people and wealth translate into the…

Email Why Big Data Keeps Getting Bigger The sun never sets on the creation of new data. Yes, the rate of generation may slow down at night as people send fewer emails and watch fewer videos. But for…

To the average person, cloud computing must seem quite magical. All at once, the cloud provides instant access to all of your data, photos, music, and applications, without you having to store any of that data locally. In fact, users can…