Developers are aiming high — really high — in Oklahoma City, with ambitions of constructing the tallest building in the U.S., Nathan writes.
Driving the news: Matteson Capital and architect AO recently revealed a proposal to build a 1,907-foot-tall skyscraper as the centerpiece of a 5 million-square-foot development in Oklahoma City.
The structure's height — which would make it taller than the 1,776-foot One World Trade Center in New York — pays homage to the year Oklahoma became a state.
Yes, but: The developers will need height variance approval from the city for the Legends Tower, which was previously targeted at 1,750 feet.
High schools across the country are using advanced technology to monitor whether students are vaping — and they're sometimeshanding down severe punishments when someone gets caught.
The big picture: Districts have set up sensors and surveillance cameras to detect vaping, often without informing students.
Of all the potential use cases for crypto technology, you seldom hear the phrase: "helping to understand the origins of life."
Why it matters: A shoutout to blockchains from the scientific community is a win for the industry, helping to validate the technology's wide range of application possibilities.
The Biden administration will pause approvals of new liquefied natural gas export facilities, partly to more fully consider each project's potential climate change consequences, President Biden announced Friday morning.
Why it matters: The U.S. is the top LNG exporter in the world. A moratorium affects the fate of facilities that do not yet have a permit from the Energy Department, and would come online later this decade.
Venture capitalist and podcaster Chamath Palihapitiya has pulled the plug on plans to raise $1 billion for an early-stage investment fund, Axios has learned.
A decadelong lending boom for apartment buildings doesn't look quite as smart as it used to.
Why it matters: It's another headache for smaller lenders that just limped through an ugly 2023. Regional banks lost deposits to larger rivals after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank prompted many to move money to the apparent safety of the "too big to fail" banks.
Most milk alternatives don't taste like the ingredient they feature (oat, almond, cashew, etc.) — but a newcomer called pistachio milk does, and delightfully so.
