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 […]
Hello Thermo World. I’ve shared about this company before, and I may someday truly grasp what they’re doing. It sure seems cool! “Extropic’s computers feature new types of computational primitive that sample from simple probability distributions. And it turns out […]
Argentina’s economic turning point. “Milei now has a clear path to finish what he started.” With October’s legislative elections behind him, Argentine President Javier Milei’s radical reforms could attract tens of billions in foreign direct investment. ~ learn more
China is killing the US on energy. Does that mean they’ll win AGI? “How will we feed the 100s of GWs of extra energy demand that AI will create over the next decade? On this episode, Casey Handmer (Caltech PhD, […]