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Even job applicants with ‘halo’ résumés that glisten with impressive posts at top companies often stumble when confronted with real-time problem-solving. A senior manager at a fitness company that makes a top-rated workout app told me recently how she determines whether a job candidate would be a good fit for her team.

Instead of installing solar panels one by one at a solar farm, 5B’s tech unfolds like an accordion. When a crew of eight workers started installing solar panels at a site in Australia last year, they covered an area larger than a soccer field with 2,250 solar panels in a single day.

Rock Island Bridge used to cart cattle. Soon, it will be an entertainment hub that floats over the Kansas River. Kansas City’s Rock Island Bridge has long sat vacant. Once a railroad bridge used to transport cattle from nearby stockyards, this summer it will become an entertainment district that juts out over the Kansas River, transforming the century-old span into a new neighborhood-building attraction.

You don’t have to be best friends with everyone you work with. But here’s how to make connections that will enhance your daily work—and your career. Do you feel isolated at work? If so, you are not alone.

The Army Corps of Engineers won’t restore eroded beaches in Pinellas County unless homeowners agree to one condition: public access. Lisa Hendrickson is almost out of sand.

For job seekers, that demand could mean higher salaries in a field where the average paycheck is already significantly higher than in many other occupations. More companies are embracing generative artificial intelligence as a part of their road map, and the need for experts to help build that technology is growing exponentially.