South Korea’s population disaster . Holy cow! “If current fertility rates persist, every hundred South Koreans today will have only six great-grandchildren between them.” This dire projection highlights the country’s profound demographic crisis, driven by extreme career-motherhood conflicts and an […]
NSF is launching one of the most ambitious experiments in federal science funding in 75 years. “The program is called Tech Labs, and the goal is to invest ~$1 billion to seed new institutions of science and technology for the […]
E-fuels promise challenges ahead. “E-fuels will remain a premium product until green electricity gets much cheaper.” A whole article on e-fuels and no mention of Terraform Industries seems like a big miss, but maybe I’m just a fanboy. ~ learn […]
The nuclear waste problem no one is fixing. This is a very informative presentation. You have to share your email with the creator to access it. “The U.S. invented nuclear power-yet today, it’s the nation with the largest volume of […]
Nuclear divide in Wyoming. “There are people in the middle who are not being represented,” says Bar Nunn resident Lee-Ann Newquist. As debates heat up over nuclear waste storage in Wyoming, many residents find themselves uncertain about the future and […]
China’s new tax on condoms. In a move to boost birth rates, China will impose a 13% VAT on contraceptive products, marking its first tax on such items in three decades. “Removing the VAT exemption is largely symbolic and unlikely […]
What we find in the sewers. “The sewer is the conscience of the city. Everything there converges and confronts everything else.” This article starts with a history lesson to remind us of the complex sewer waste systems beneath our feet, […]
Shooting things to space. Longshot Space has an audacious plan: build a 6-mile-long space cannon to shoot objects into low Earth orbit. “If you want to send a 1,000 lb object into space at Mach 23, put 3,000 lb of […]
The scale of China’s renewables. “The 22m tonnes of steel used to build new wind turbines and solar panels in 2024 would have been enough to build a Golden Gate Bridge on every working day of every week that year.” […]
Electrifying railways significantly reduces pollution. A study found a switch from diesel to electric trains reduced black carbon exposure by 89% on San Francisco’s Caltrain. “The transition from diesel to electric trains occurred over just a few weeks, and yet […]